Members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukti_Bahini" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mukti Bahini">Mukti Bahini</a> lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, a month after winning the war against the occupying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Army" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>.<sup about="#mwt53" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"AP Archive"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-AP_Archive-8"}}' id="cite_ref-AP_Archive_8-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_18#cite_note-AP_Archive-8" id="mwvw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwA">[8]</span></a></sup>