 Ẹ parí gbólóhùn tó wà nísàlẹ yìí: : Operation Searchlight, ti a gbero pacification ologun ti a gbe jade nipasẹ awọn Pakistan Army, bẹrẹ ni 25 March lati dènà awọn Bengali ominira agbese nipa gba iṣakoso ti awọn ilu pataki ni 26 March, ati ki o si imukuro gbogbo atako, oselu tabi ologun, laarin osu kan. Ṣaaju ki o to bẹrẹ isẹ naa, gbogbo awọn oniroyin ajeji ni a ti gbe jade ni ọna eto lati East Pakistan. 