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 A Mukti Bahini 3.7 inch howitzer used during the war	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 Shanti Bahini militants in 1994	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–India Border Skirmishes (2001-2019) 2001 Bangladesh–India border clash 2005 Bangladesh-India border clash 2008 Bangladesh-India border clash 2019 Bangladesh-India border clash Location: Bangladesh–India border	Bangladesh	India	Ceasefire ^[11] Bangladesh-India relations strained
Bangladesh Rifles Revolt (2009) Location: Dhaka 14.5 mm ZPU-4 of Bangladesh Army positioned over Satmasjid Road, near Dhanmondi 8A road, pointing towards Pilkhana	Bangladesh	Mutineers from Bangladesh Rifles	Victory Crushing of the revolt^[12]
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^[13]^[14]
Bangladesh–Arakan Army Conflict (2015) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border	Bangladesh	Arakan Army	Victory Expulsion of the Arakan Army from Bangladeshi territory^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Hazarika, Sanjoy (11 June 1989). "Bangladeshi Insurgents Say India Is Supporting Them". The New York Times.
^ 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.
^ Miller, Judith. "Syria Plans to Double Gulf Force." The New York Times, 27 March 1991.
^ "Den 1. Golfkrig". forsvaret.dk. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "How Bengali became an official language in Sierra Leone". The Indian Express. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
^ "Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone". Dhaka Tribune. 23 Feb 2017.
^ Ahmed, Nazir (21 Feb 2017). "Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language".
^ "Sierra Leone makes Bengali official language". Pakistan. 29 Dec 2002. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
^ "UNTAET Daily Briefing 03 Aug 2000 - Timor-Leste". ReliefWeb. 3 August 2000.
^ "A brush with Bangladesh". 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ "Bangladesh guard mutiny 'is over'". BBC World. 26 February 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
^ "Adventurous operation BEKPA-2 (Episode-1) under Captain Touquir". 2019-08-17. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
^ "Bangladesh Army contributing to peace efforts in Central African Republic". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
^ "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

[KS-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.

[nyt11Jun1989-2] Hazarika, Sanjoy (11 June 1989). "Bangladeshi Insurgents Say India Is Supporting Them". The New York Times.

[academia.edu-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.

[nyt-syria-double-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.

[bd-6] "How Bengali became an official language in Sierra Leone". The Indian Express. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-03-22.

[bd1-7] "Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone". Dhaka Tribune. 23 Feb 2017.

[bd2-8] Ahmed, Nazir (21 Feb 2017). "Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language".

[bd3-9] "Sierra Leone makes Bengali official language". Pakistan. 29 Dec 2002. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.

[auto4-10] "UNTAET Daily Briefing 03 Aug 2000 - Timor-Leste". ReliefWeb. 3 August 2000.

[11] "A brush with Bangladesh". 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[12] "Bangladesh guard mutiny 'is over'". BBC World. 26 February 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

[13] "Adventurous operation BEKPA-2 (Episode-1) under Captain Touquir". 2019-08-17. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2024-09-02.

[14] "Bangladesh Army contributing to peace efforts in Central African Republic". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2024-09-02.

[bdnews5-15] "Army, BGB launch joint operation in Bandarban after firing by 'Arakan Army'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

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