Operation Hotel Intercontinental | |||||
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Part of Bangladesh Liberation War | |||||
Map showing Bangladesh Liberation War Sectors | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Bangladesh | Pakistan | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
ATM Haider | Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi | ||||
Strength | |||||
Mukti Bahini Commandos of Crack Platoon |
Pakistan Army: East Pakistan Civil Armed Force HQ wings[1] |
Operation Hotel Intercontinental was an attack on the InterContinental Dhaka hotel on 9 June 1971, in Dhaka, then part of East Pakistan, in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The attack was carried out by members of the commando unit of Mukti Bahini.