Operation Hotel Intercontinental

Operation Hotel Intercontinental
Part of Bangladesh Liberation War

Attackers threw grenades at a car under the portico of the Minto Rd. entrance to the Hotel Intercontinental.
Location
Dhaka, East Pakistan
23°44′29″N 90°23′49″E / 23.7415°N 90.3970°E / 23.7415; 90.3970
Belligerents
 Bangladesh  Pakistan
Commanders and leaders

Khaled Mosharraf

ATM Haider		 Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi
Strength
Mukti Bahini
Commandos of Crack Platoon

Pakistan Army:
14th Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
16th Infantry Division
39th Ad hoc Infantry Division
36th Ad Hoc Infantry Division
97th Independent Infantry Brigade
40th Army Logistic Brigade
4th Army Aviation Squadron
Special Service Group
Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Marine Corps
Pakistan Air Force

Paramilitary Forces:
East Pakistan Civil Armed Force HQ wings

Operation Hotel Intercontinental was an attack on the Hotel Intercontinental on 9 June 1971, in Dhaka, then part of East Pakistan, in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The attack was carried out by members of the commando unit of Mukti Bahini.

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