For the 1983–1986 South Carolina drug investigation, see Operation Jackpot (drug investigation).
Operation Jackpot
Part of Bangladesh Liberation War
Map of Operation Jackpot, Indian Supply network for Mukti Bahini.
Date
25 April—15 August 1971[1]
Location
East Pakistan
Result
Bangladeshi operational success.[2]
Pakistani tactical defeat.
Belligerents
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Col. M. A. G Osmani Lt. Col. Khaled Musharraf[3] Maj. M. A Jalil Lt.Com. Shahed Ali Khan Submariner Abdul Wahed Chowdhury Submariner Ahsanullah Submariner Badiul Alam Submariner Shahjahan (Mukti Bahinis, Sector 10)
Lt-Gen. A. A. K. Niazi (Cdr. of Eastern Command) Maj-Gen. Khadim Hussain (GOC 14th Infantry Division) Maj-Gen. R. Farman Ali (Mil-Adv. East Pakistan Police) R-Adm Mohammad Shariff (FOC of Eastern Command) Capt. Ahmad Zamir (CO, Pakistan Marines Corps East)1st Cmdo Btn. (Yaldram), SSG
2nd Cmdo Btn. (Rahbar), SSG
Pakistan Navy
SEAL Team 1 (Alpha), SSG(N)
SEAL Team 2 (Bravo), SSG(N)
1st Marines Battalion
Lt. Col Ziaur Rahman (CO, Z Force Brigade) Lt. Col Khaled Mosharraf (CO, K Force Brigade) Lt. Col K M Shafiullah (CO, K Force Brigade) Major Rafiqul Islam[3] * Major A.T.M Haider * Major C. R. Dutta * Major Mir Shawkat Ali
Units involved
Indian Army
IV Corps
8 Mountain Division
23 Mountain Division
57 Mountain Division
Mukti Bahini
Sector 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Z Force Brigade, K Force Brigade, S Force Brigade
Pakistan Army
14th Infantry Division
39th Ad Hoc Division
93rd Independent Infantry
Pakistan Navy
1st Marines Battalion
East Pakistan Civil Armed Force
6 Sector HQ wings, 17 operational Wings[4]
v
t
e
Bangladesh Liberation War
Mukti Bahini resistance
Searchlight
Jackpot
Barisal
1st Kamalpur
2nd Kamalpur
Daruin
Nakshi Border Outpost
Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway
Goalhati
Dhalai Border Outpost
Garibpur§
Gazipur§
Sylhet§
Kushtia
Ghasipur
Belonia Bulge
Shiromoni
Bogra§
Indian intervention
Cactus-Lilly
Chengiz Khan
Jackpot‡
PNS Ghazi
Trident
Python
Kamalpur
Basantar
Boyra
Chamb
Dhalai
Hilli‡
Longewala
Sylhet‡
Meghna Heli Bridge
Tangail
Air War‡
Naval War
Bangladesh genocide
Dhaka University
Shankharipara
Jinjira
Akhira
Jathibhanga
Demra
Chuknagar
Madhyapara
Bakhrabad
Burunga
Systematic events
Agartala Conspiracy Case
Killing of intellectuals
Rape
Provisional Government
Refugees in India
Pakistani Instrument of Surrender
§ indicates events in the internal resistance movement linked to the Indo-Pakistani War. ‡ indicates events in the Indo-Pakistani War linked to the internal resistance movement in Bangladesh.
v
t
e
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Western Front
Chengiz Khan
Hussainiwala
Chamb
Turtuk
Longewala
Basantar
Trident
Python
Eastern Front
Jackpot
PNS Ghazi
Kamalpur
Boyra
Dhalai
Garibpur
Gazipur
Hilli
Sylhet
Cactus-Lilly
Tangail
Naval War
Air War
Instrument of Surrender
Genocide of Bengali Hindus
Simla Agreement
Operation Jackpot was a codename for three operations undertaken by the Bengali Mukti Bahini in former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) against the Federation of Pakistan at the climax of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[3][5]
After the Pakistani Army drove the Bengali resistance across the Indian border at the conclusion of Operation Searchlight, the Indian Army implemented a supply and training operation for the Mukti Bahini from 15 May 1971, with the goal of sending an ever increasing number of trained fighters to attack Pakistani forces and sabotage military and economic assets to demoralize Pakistani soldiers and disrupt their supply network. This enterprise was dubbed "Operation Jackpot".
Mukti Bahini Naval Commandos launched several sabotage efforts in the cities of Chittagong, Chandpur, Mongla, and the Narayanganj District against the operating combined forces of the Pakistan Soldiers, Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Navy SEAL Teams, and the East Pakistan Security Forces on the night of 15 August 1971.[3][5] Bengali submariners who had defected from Pakistani submarine PNS Mangro (S133), then based in Toulon, France, led the attacks, and this is also known as part of Operation Jackpot.[6] The Pakistani military initiated countermeasures to improve security by increasing door-to-door clearance and applied counterinsurgency tactics by the Army Special Forces and the Navy SEAL Teams, but this failed to suppress Mukti Bahini activity.[7]
The third operation was designed by Lt. Gen Sagat Singh, commander of the Indian Army IV Corps, attached to the Eastern Command, and the Bangladesh forces operating in his operational area. These forces fought against the Pakistani forces in Sylhet, Comilla, and Chittagong as part of the overall campaign from 21 November to 16 December 1971.[7]
^Islam 2006, p. 211
^"War in the waters: Looking back at Operation Jackpot, 1971". The Daily Star. 6 April 2023.
^ abcdJacob 2003, p. 90
^Jacob 2003, p. 190
^ ab"Operation Jackpot". Banglapedia. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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Col. M. A. G Osmani
Major Rafiqul Islam[3] 
