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battle, Cold War

Operation Jackpot

Operation Jackpot was a battle fought in 1971 at Bangladesh. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bangladesh. It was part of the Bangladesh Liberation War. The recorded result: Mukti Bahini operational success.

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Information on Operation Jackpot. Maglorbd (talk) 16:40, 14 March 2009 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1971
WhereBangladesh24.017N, 89.867E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeMukti Bahini operational success
Part ofBangladesh Liberation War1971

Where it sits in the Bangladesh Liberation War

Battle of Sylhet, 1971Operation Barisal, 1971Operation Searchlight, 1971Battle of Kamalpur, 1971Operation Jackpot, 1971Battle of Dhalai, 1971Battle of Chandrapur, 1971Battle of Hilli, 197119711971Operation Jackpot, 1971
9 placed engagements of the Bangladesh Liberation War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1971 (year precision)
PlaceBangladesh
24.017N, 89.867E
KindBattle, Cold War
Commanders
  • M. A. G. Osmani
  • Khaled Musharraf
  • Mohammad Abdul Jalil
  • A. W. Chowdhury
  • A. A. K. Niazi
  • Baqir Siddiqui
  • Major-General
  • General officer commanding
  • Mohammad Shariff
  • Captain (naval)
Operation JackpotOperation JackpotOperation Hotel IntercontinentalBattle of HilliBattle of KamalpurBattle of PlasseyBattle of GiriaOperation Hotel IntercontinentalBattle of HilliBattle of KamalpurBattle of GiriaKhulnaRajshahiKrishnanagarBhatparaComillaMymensinghJashoreNarayanganj100 km24.017N, 89.867E
Placed at Bangladesh; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1971

Operation Jackpot is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 16 in present-day Bangladesh.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097183, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Jackpot, revision 1370633451, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.