List of wars involving Bangladesh

This is a list of battles and wars that involved or occurred in Bangladesh since its formation.

  Bangladesh victory

  Bangladesh defeat

  Another result

  Ongoing conflict

List

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971) Location: Bangladesh , Pakistan and Bay of Bengal	Bangladesh   India (3–16 December 1971)   Soviet Union	Pakistan   United States	Victory Independence of Bangladesh
Internal conflict in Bangladesh (1972–present) Location: Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Various anti-Government groups	Ongoing First phase crushed Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh Second phase crushed Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord [1] Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh Third phase ongoing
Communist insurgency in Bangladesh (1972–1975) Location: Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Communist insurgents Gonobahini Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party	Victory Crushing of the insurgency Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict (1977–1997) Location: Chittagong Hill Tracts	Bangladesh	Tribal insurgents Shanti Bahini Supported by:   Myanmar (alleged) [2] [3]	Victory Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord [1] Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh
Gulf War (Operation Moru-prantar) (1991) Location: Iraq and Kuwait	Bangladesh   United States   Kuwait   France   Saudi Arabia   United Kingdom and other states :   Syria [4]   Morocco   Oman   Pakistan   Canada   United Arab Emirates   Qatar   Thailand   Italy   Australia   Netherlands   Niger   Philippines   Sweden   Argentina   Senegal   Spain   Bahrain   Belgium   Poland   South Korea   Singapore   Norway Czechoslovakia   Greece   Denmark [5]   New Zealand   Hungary	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait
Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002) Location: Sierra Leone	Bangladesh   Sierra Leone   Pakistan   Guinea   Nigeria   Jordan and other states:   Ghana   United Kingdom   United States   Kenya   Belarus   Russia   India   Ukraine   Norway   Germany   New Zealand	RUF AFRC (1997–2002) West Side Boys (1998–2000)   Liberia (1997–2002) NPFL (1991–2002)   Libya   Burkina Faso   Moldova	Victory Rebels defeated. Bengali declared honorary official language because of their help in the war. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation (1991) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border and Northern Rakhine State	Bangladesh (border skirmish) Rohingya Solidarity Organisation	Myanmar	Victory Burmese tactical failure Failure to disarm and expel RSO insurgents
1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2005) Location: East Timor	Bangladesh   Timor-Leste   Pakistan   Malaysia   Turkey   Jordan and other states:   Egypt   Tajikistan   Singapore   Senegal   Niger   Nigeria   Gambia   Benin   New Zealand   Thailand   Argentina   Australia   Austria   Bolivia   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Brazil   Bulgaria   Canada   Chile   China   Croatia   Denmark   Fiji   France   Germany   Ghana   Ireland   Italy   Japan   Kenya   Mexico   Mozambique   Namibia     Nepal   Norway   Peru   Philippines   Portugal   Russia   Samoa   Serbia and Montenegro   Slovakia   Slovenia   Spain   South Korea   Sri Lanka   Sweden   Ukraine   Uruguay   United Kingdom   United States   Vanuatu   Zambia   Zimbabwe	Pro-Indonesia militia	Victory Stabilisation of East Timor and defeat of militia. 1 Bangladeshi killed and 1 wounded by IED [10]
Bangladesh Rifles Revolt (2009) Location: Dhaka	Bangladesh	Mutineers from Bangladesh Rifles	Victory Crushing of the revolt [11]
Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) Operation BEKPA 2 Location: Central African Republic	Central African Republic   Russia   Rwanda   Bangladesh (As a part of MINUSCA )	Coalition of Patriots for Change Republic of Logone MPC PRNC Lord's Resistance Army	Ongoing Bangladesh sent special operations forces to operate as MINUSCA in Central African Republic [12] [13]
Bangladesh–Arakan Army Conflict (2015) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border	Bangladesh	Arakan Army	Victory Expulsion of the Arakan Army from Bangladeshi territory [14]

See also

• History of Bengal
• Military history of Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Armed Forces

References

1. Rashiduzzaman, M. (July 1998). "Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord: Institutional Features and Strategic Concerns". Asian Survey. 38 (7). University of California Press: 653–70. doi:10.2307/2645754. JSTOR   2645754.
2. Hazarika, Sanjoy (11 June 1989). "Bangladeshi Insurgents Say India Is Supporting Them". The New York Times.
3. A. Kabir (January 2005). "Bangladesh: A Critical Review of the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Peace Accord". Working Paper No 2. The Role of Parliaments in Conflict & Post Conflict in Asia. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
4. Miller, Judith. "Syria Plans to Double Gulf Force." The New York Times, 27 March 1991.
5. "Den 1. Golfkrig". forsvaret.dk . 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
6. "How Bengali became an official language in Sierra Leone". The Indian Express. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
7. "Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone". Dhaka Tribune . 23 Feb 2017.
8. Ahmed, Nazir (21 Feb 2017). "Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language".
9. "Sierra Leone makes Bengali official language". Pakistan. 29 Dec 2002. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
10. "UNTAET Daily Briefing 03 Aug 2000 - Timor-Leste". ReliefWeb. 3 August 2000.
11. "Bangladesh guard mutiny 'is over'". BBC World. 26 February 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
12. "Adventurous operation BEKPA-2 (Episode-1) under Captain Touquir". 2019-08-17. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
13. "Bangladesh Army contributing to peace efforts in Central African Republic". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
14. "Army, BGB launch joint operation in Bandarban after firing by 'Arakan Army'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

• Datta, Kalikinkar (1963). Alivardi and His Times. World Press.

External links

• Bangladesh Official Army website
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsN0aRn0Wh0