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| 1971 | Arrest Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali |  |
| 22nd Dec Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh |
| 1971 | Bombing of India Khan, Yahya | |
| 3rd Dec Pakistan bombs Indian airfields |
| 1971 | Ceasefire Khan, Yahya | |
| 16th Dec India orders a ceasfire on the West Pakistan border |
| 1971 | Constitution Khan, Yahya | |
| 1st Mar The Constituent Assembly is postponed, causes strikes in East Pakistan |
| 1971 | Declaration of War Khan, Yahya | |
| 6th Dec War breaks out along the border between India & Pakistan |
| 1971 | Deputy Prime Minister Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Karachi Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| 1971 | Diplomacy Khan, Yahya | |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 1971 | Election Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Pakistan's first genuine free elections are held, both factions of the League are swept out of power, in West Pakistan by the Pakistan People's Party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and in East Pakistan by the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 1971 | Election Rahman, Mujibur | |
| Pakistan's first genuine free elections are held, both factions of the League are swept out of power, in West Pakistan by the Pakistan People's Party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and in East Pakistan by the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 1971 | Independence Khan, Yahya | |
| 26th Mar The Awami League declare the independence of Bangladesh |
| 26th Mar Troops from West Pakistan fight the East Pakistan separatists |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 6th Dec India recognizes the independence of Bangladesh |
| 17th Dec End of the Indo-Pakistan War, Bangladesh gains its independence |
| 1971 | Invasion of Bangladesh Khan, Yahya | |
| 22nd Nov Pakistan accuses India of invading Bangladesh |
| 1971 | League Awami Khan, Yahya | |
| 26th Mar The Awami League declare the independence of Bangladesh |
| 1971 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1971 | Peace Khan, Yahya | |
| 17th Dec End of the Indo-Pakistan War, Bangladesh gains its independence |
| 1971 | President Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| 20th Dec Appointed President of Pakistan |
| 1971 | Strike Khan, Yahya | |
| 1st Mar The Constituent Assembly is postponed, causes strikes in East Pakistan |
