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| date = 3–16 December 1971
| place = [[East Pakistan]], [[India]]–[[West Pakistan]] border, the [[Line of Control]], the [[Arabian Sea]] and the [[Bay of Bengal]]
| result = Decisive Indian victory for [[India]] and [[Provisional Government of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]].<ref name=Lyon>{{cite book|last=Lyon|first=Peter|title=Conflict between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-712-2|page=166|quote=India's decisive victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war and emergence of independent Bangladesh dramatically transformed the power balance of South Asia}}</ref><ref name=Kemp>{{cite book|last=Kemp|first=Geoffrey|title=The East Moves West India, China, and Asia's Growing Presence in the Middle East|year=2010|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|isbn=978-0-8157-0388-4|page=52|quote=However, India's decisive victory over Pakistan in 1971 led the Shah to pursue closer relations with India}}</ref><ref name=Byman>{{cite book|last=Byman|first=Daniel|title=Deadly connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-83973-0|page=159|quote=India's decisive victory in 1971 led to the signing of the Simla Agreement in 1972}}</ref><br />'''Eastern front:'''<br /> [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|Pakistani forces surrender]].<br />'''Western front:'''<br />Unilateral Ceasefire.<ref name="glo" />
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* Independence of East Pakistan as [[Bangladesh]]
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