Liberation War of Bangladesh

The enemy, battalion strength was in occupation of the west bank while the defense of the 8 East Bengal began to fall apart on the east bank. The uncoordinated withdrawal of the advanced position company of the East Pakistan Rifles. allowed the enemy to close in and occupy west bank, resulting in casualties of two officers. Due to enemy superior fire power our position on the east bank became untenable. The battle of Kalurghat thus came to an end. The 8 East Bengal went further into the heart of Chittagong hill tracts in three columns. The major column fought its way to Rangamati under the command of Shawkat. Another column moved to Kaptai under Manfuz. The third column went towards Cox’s Bazar under Khaliquzzaman. They continued to fight disjointedly and ultimately fell back to India to re-group, re-equip and re-organize.