Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Tangail Airdrop he angitu i te ope Para Commandos (India) i whakahaeretia i te 11 o Tihema 1971 e te 2nd Battalion (Special Operations) (2 PARA) o te Parachute Regiment o te Indian Army i te wa o te Pakanga Pakanga.
Pakanga Indo-Pakistani o te tau 1971 mo te herenga o Bangladesh. Ko te kaupapa matua o te mahi ko te hopu i te Poongli Bridge i runga i te awa o Jamuna e tapahi ana i te 93rd Brigade Pakistani i hoki mai i Mymensingh i te raki ki te tiaki i te taone nui o Pakistan ki te Rawhiti, Dhaka, me ona huarahi. I whakawhiwhia hoki te roopu paratroop ki te hono atu ki te Maratha Light Infantry i runga i te whenua ki te anga whakamua ki te taone nui o Pakistan ki te Rawhiti.