Operation Searchlight

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties tens of thousands (estimates vary)
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Pakistan_Army
gptkbp:endDate 1971-05-25
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Searchlight
gptkbp:internationalResponse widespread condemnation
gptkbp:location gptkb:East_Pakistan
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Dhaka_University_massacre
refugee crisis
destruction of property
mass arrests
gptkbp:objective suppress Bengali nationalist movement
gptkbp:order gptkb:Yahya_Khan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Bangladesh_Liberation_War
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Bangladesh_genocide
massacre of civilians
Bangladesh Liberation War escalation
gptkbp:startDate 1971-03-25
gptkbp:target Awami League supporters
Bengali nationalists
Hindu minorities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bengali_independence_movement
gptkb:Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5