The PPP had already started lobbying to weaken the stand of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Bhutto was heard saying that he wanted the Bengalis to stay away.

The Awami League, in response to the postponement, launched a program of non-cooperation (largely outlined in the 7 March Awami League rally) which was so successful that the authority of the Pakistani government became limited to military cantonments and official government institutions in East Pakistan.

President Yahya Khan flew to Dhaka to hold talks with Mujibur Rahman, then leader of the Awami League, in March and was later joined by Bhutto, whose party had secured the second-largest share of seats (81 out of 300) in the general elections.

[2] Unwilling to transfer federal power from West Pakistan to East Pakistan as demanded by the Awami League (fearing a transfer of power would weaken or destroy the multiethnic Pakistani federation), or to lose face by backing down in face of the non-cooperation movement, the West Pakistani generals, most of which (including Commander-in-Chief Gul Hassan Khan) supported the PPP, finally decided on a military crackdown against the rebelling Bengalis in East Pakistan.

The Army killed Ex-Provost and professor of philosophy Gobindra Chandra Dev with his Muslim adopted daughter's husband.

[11] Professor Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta the provost of Jagannath Hall was severely injured by the Army attack and died in the hospital later.

[13] This information was taken from the novel "Riffel Roti Awrat" (Rifle, Bread, Women) by Anwar Pasha who was later killed in December.

[9] Archer Blood, the then-consul general of US at Dhaka, wrote in his book The Cruel Birth of Bangladesh, "Fire was started at Rokeya Hall (girls' dormitory) and, when the students tried to escape, the military started firing... On 10 November 1971, some armed criminals attacked Rokeya Hall and kept 30 girls confined for two hours.

In 1971 there were two strong military establishments near Rokeya hall, it was impossible to attack university Girls' Hostel without their knowledge for two hours.

Excerpts from Genocide in Bangladesh by Kalyan Chaudhuri, pp 157–158:...Some army officer raided Rokeya Hall on 7 October 1971.

Accompanied by five soldiers, Major Aslam had first visited the hostel on 3 October and asked the superintendent to supply some girls who could sing and dance at a function to be held in Tejgaon Cantonment.

The soldiers broke open the doors, dragged the girls out and stripped them before raping and torturing them in front of the helpless superintendent.

The entire thing was done so openly without any provocation, that even the Karachi-based newspaper, Dawn, had to publish the story, violating censorship by the military authorities.

On 26 December altogether 55 emaciated and half-dead girls on the verge of mental derangement were recovered by the Red Cross with the help of the Mukti Bahini and the allied forces from various hideouts of the Pakistani army in Narayanganj, Dacca Cantonment and other small towns on the periphery of Dacca city.

[17] Military Governor of East Pakistan Tikka Khan ordered department heads to join work from 21 April and the other teachers on 1 June, classes to start from 2 August.

All the dormitories were cleaned to remove any signs of destruction to present a good educational environment at the university to the international community.

As many students had joined the Mukti Bahini, they blasted hand grenades near the university and quickly entered classes.

Abdur Razzak (political scientist and later National Professor of Bangladesh) was sentenced in absentia to 14 years for supporting the Bengali Independence movement.

In early March the vice-chancellor Justice Abu Sayed Chowdhury was at Geneva joining "United Nations Humanitarian Conference".

He immediately wrote his resignation letter to State's Education Secretary and fled to London leaving the conference.

University teachers who helped the Pakistan government included Hasan Zaman, Mohar Ali, A. K. M. Abdur Rahman, Abdul Bari, Mukbul Hossain, Saifuddin Joarder.

Collaborator and Syed Sajjad Hussain, Hasan Zaman and Mohar Ali were arrested after the independence of Bangladesh and exiled.

When Dhaka University reopened on 2 July 1971, teachers who collaborated with the Pakistani army gathered at Nawab Abdul Gani Road to prepare a list of intellectuals who supported the Independence movement.

On 14 December 1971, over 200 Bengali intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers and writers were abducted from their homes in Dhaka by the Al-Badr militia.