Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

Military confrontation between India and Pakistan alongside the Bangladesh Liberation War

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third Indo-Pakistani war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December…