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The Indian Army had no standby force ready in 1971 with the specific task of attacking West Pakistan, one of the many reasons why India did not immediately intervene after Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight in March 1971. Indian Army Eastern Command was tasked with defending the northern and eastern borders and fighting the insurgencies in Nagaland, Mizoram and Naxalites in West Bengal at that time.〔Jacob, Lt. Gen. JFR, ''Surrender at Dacca: Birth of A Nation'', p60〕 Mukti Bahini, aided by the Indian army through Operation Jackpot, led the struggle against the Pakistan army while the Indian army readied for intervention. General M. A. G. Osmani, Commander in Chief Bangladesh Forces, had divided Mukti Bahini forces into 11 geographical sectors for command and control purpose. Mukti Bahini forces numbered 30,000 regular soldiers (including 3 brigades containing 8 infantry battalions and 3 artillery batteries) and at least 100,000 guerrillas by December 1971. The Indian Army Eastern Command assembled two existing infantry corps, the IVth and the XXXIIIrd, for operations in Bangladesh, and created a new corps (II)〔Jacob, Lt. Gen. JFR, "Surrender at Dacca: Birth of A Nation’’, p75〕 besides reorganising the 101st Communication Zone as a combat formation.〔Islam, Maj. Rafiqil, ''A Tale of Millions’’, p314〕 On 21 November 1971, Indian and Bangladesh forces were put under a joint command structure, led by Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, and this force came to be known as ''Mitro Bahini''. In addition to 29 BSF battalions,〔Salik, Siddiq, ''Witness to Surrender'', p123〕 Mukti Bahini guerrillas operating near the border or awaiting deployment in camps inside India were organised into infantry companies and attached to various Indian formations. ==Indian Army Eastern Command HQ: Fort William, Kolkata== GOC (Indian Army): Lt. General Jagjit Singh Aurora COS: Maj. Gen. JFR Jacob Director Military Operations: Major General Inderjit Singh Gill, MC Director Operation Jackpot: Lt. Gen. B.N. 'Jimmy' Sirkar Bangladesh Forces Liaison: Group Captain A.K. Khandkar, HQ: 8, Theater Road, Kolkata Units attached to Eastern Command but outside Bangladesh operational area: From IV corps: *2nd Mountain division in North eastern border *5th Mountain division in North eastern border From XXXIII corps: *17th Mountain division in Sikkim *27th Mountain division in Kalimpong, North Bengal Airborne forces attached to Eastern Command: *50th (Indep) Parachute Brigade Cdr: Brig Mathew Thomas *2 Para Bn (in airborne role) CO: Lt Col KS Pannu *7 Para Bn CO: Lt Col RP Singh (KIA) *8 Para Bn CO: Lt Col Afsir Karim *17 Para Fd Regt CO: Lt Col Khanna *60 Para Medical Company CO: Lt Col M Kumar Eastern Command Reserve: *6th Mountain division less brigade HQ: Cooch Bihar CO: Maj. Gen P.C. Reddy * *2 Engineer Regiments and bomb disposal group 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitro Bahini Order of Battle December 1971」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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