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A few days after the Mujib declaration, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi moved a resolution in Parliament condemning the Pakistani crackdown as “genocide”.
The government offered support to the Bangladeshi freedom fighters. The government was also involved in training and arming the Mukti Bahini cadres.
The then Prime Minister also played a significant role in garnering international support for the Bangladeshi cause.
While the U.S. was against India’s stand, Mrs. Gandhi found some support in Moscow, and the Indo-Soviet treaty of Peace and Cooperation was signed in August 1971. The Soviet treaty dented India’s non-aligned policy, but Soviet naval support and military supplies assisted New Delhi in the 1971 war.
