1543Pakistan StudyMedium
Operation Searchlight was started by Pakistan Army in ____________?
AIndia
BSri Lanka
CKashmir
DEast Pakistan
Correct answer
D. East Pakistan
Explanation
In early March 1971 300 Biharis were killed in rioting by mobs in Chittagong. The Government of Pakistan used the ‘Bihari massacre’ to justify its military intervention in East Pakistan on 25 March, when it initiated Operation Searchlight.