Operation Hotel Intercontinental

Map showing Bangladesh Liberation War Sectors

Location	Dhaka,Bangladesh, then East Pakistan
Result	Sustained Mukti Bahini offensive against Pakistani forces
Territorial changes	Creation of Bangladesh

Belligerents

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Major Khaled Mosharraf

Major ATM Hyder

Crack Platoon

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 InterContinental Dhaka by members of the commando unit of Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation war. The attack took place on 9 June 1971 and damaged claims by Pakistan that the situation in East Pakistan was under control.

Major Khaled Mosharraf

Major ATM Hyder

In June 1971, World Bank sent a mission to observe the situation in East Pakistan. The media cell of Pakistan government was circulating a news that situation in East Pakistan was stable and normal. Major Khaled Mosharraf, a sector commander of Mukti Bahini, planned to deploy a special commando team. The task assigned to the team was to carry out commando operations and to terrorise Dhaka. The major objective of this team was to prove that the situation was not normal. Moreover, Pakistan at that time, was expecting economic aid from World Bank. The plan was to make World Bank mission understand the true situation of East Pakistan and stop sanctioning the aid. Khaled along with Major ATM Hyder (a former SSG Commando), another sector commander, formed the Crack Platoon. Initially, number of commandos in the platoon was 17. They received commando training in Melaghar Camp. From Melaghar, commandos of the Crack Platoon headed for Dhaka on 4 June 1971 and launched the guerrilla operation on 5 June. Later, the number of commandos was increased, the platoon was split and deployed in different areas surrounding Dhaka city.

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