Operation Barisal
Part ofOperation Searchlight andBangladesh War of Independence
Date 25 April 1971 – 1 May 1971 Location Barisal,Bay of Bengal,East Pakistan (nowBangladesh) 22°48′N90°30′E / 22.8°N 90.5°E /22.8; 90.5 Result Inconclusive Initiation ofBangladesh War of Independence
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Navy  Pakistan Army  Pakistan Air Force	Bangladesh Mukti Bahini Supported By: India
Commanders and leaders
Captain Ejaz Chaudhri	CaptainM. A. Jalil Major Rashedul Hasan
Units involved
17th Naval Gun Boat Squadron Special Service Group Navy (SSGN) 22nd Frontier Force Regiment 6th Punjab Regiment No. 14 Squadron	Mukti Bahini Barisal Units
Strength
4 gunboats 1 destroyer 1 patrol boat 24 fighter jets	Unknown
Casualties and losses
23 wounded	Unknown
Further information, seeOperation Searchlight,Bangladesh War and theIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
Barisal class=notpageimage| Location within Bangladesh

Operation Barisal was acode-name of naval operation conducted byPakistan Navy intended to take control of the city ofBarisal,East Pakistan from theMukti Bahini and the dissidents of thePakistan Defence Forces. It was the part ofOperation Searchlight.^[1]

Since the starting ofSearchlight, the Mukti Bahini had been staging large scale sabotage missions, disturbing the communications and signals operatives in East Pakistan.Naval Intelligence found traces to the city ofBarisal, therefore decided to conduct the operation. The operation was part ofSearchlight and was to provide logistic support to thePakistan Army, by first deploying the Pakistan Navy's gun boats and navy personnel on grounds.

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