India–Pakistan war of 1971

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 - 1971 war between India and Pakistan along Bengladesh Liberation War. This event is the 401^st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 212^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article “India–Pakistan war of 1971” in English Wikipedia has 95.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 404 references and 40 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 7187^th most editable in English Wikipedia.

The 212^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 401^st most popular in events.

In June 2026 the article “India–Pakistan war of 1971” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “India–Pakistan war of 1971”, its content was written by 983 registered users of English Wikipedia (7187^th place) and edited by 1690 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 is on the 212^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 401^st place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 2578 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6184 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1368 in May 2025
• Global: #2112 in May 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #440 in May 2025
• Global: #786 in May 2025

There are 37 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) India–Pakistan war of 1971		95.0539
2	Hindi (hi) १९७१ का भारत-पाक युद्ध		87.3214
3	Italian (it) Guerra indo-pakistana del 1971		83.0495
4	Simple English (simple) Indo-Pakistani War of 1971		70.8218
5	Tamil (ta) 1971 இந்தியா-பாக்கிஸ்தான் போர்		56.7042
6	Malay (ms) Perang India-Pakistan 1971		50.2621
7	Hebrew (he) מלחמת הודו–פקיסטן השלישית		48.9171
8	Catalan (ca) Guerra indo-pakistanesa de 1971		47.5828
9	Chinese (zh) 1971年印巴战争		47.1235
10	Spanish (es) Guerra indo-pakistaní de 1971		46.5527

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) India–Pakistan war of 1971		13 913 868
2	Hindi (hi) १९७१ का भारत-पाक युद्ध		915 875
3	Russian (ru) Третья индо-пакистанская война		660 772
4	Japanese (ja) 第三次印パ戦争		371 374
5	Chinese (zh) 1971年印巴战争		363 352
6	French (fr) Troisième guerre indo-pakistanaise		308 781
7	Spanish (es) Guerra indo-pakistaní de 1971		284 327
8	Polish (pl) Wojna indyjsko-pakistańska (1971)		152 366
9	Arabic (ar) الحرب الباكستانية الهندية 1971		121 040
10	German (de) Dritter Indisch-Pakistanischer Krieg		119 156

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) India–Pakistan war of 1971		32 942
2	Hindi (hi) १९७१ का भारत-पाक युद्ध		1 381
3	Russian (ru) Третья индо-пакистанская война		1 070
4	Japanese (ja) 第三次印パ戦争		1 041
5	Chinese (zh) 1971年印巴战争		899
6	Persian (fa) جنگ سوم هند و پاکستان		619
7	Spanish (es) Guerra indo-pakistaní de 1971		512
8	French (fr) Troisième guerre indo-pakistanaise		503
9	German (de) Dritter Indisch-Pakistanischer Krieg		339
10	Polish (pl) Wojna indyjsko-pakistańska (1971)		308

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) India–Pakistan war of 1971		983
2	French (fr) Troisième guerre indo-pakistanaise		87
3	Russian (ru) Третья индо-пакистанская война		82
4	Dutch (nl) Indiaas-Pakistaanse Oorlog van 1971		50
5	Hindi (hi) १९७१ का भारत-पाक युद्ध		45
6	Chinese (zh) 1971年印巴战争		40
7	Japanese (ja) 第三次印パ戦争		39
8	Spanish (es) Guerra indo-pakistaní de 1971		36
9	Simple English (simple) Indo-Pakistani War of 1971		29
10	Czech (cs) Indicko-pákistánská válka (1971)		28

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) India–Pakistan war of 1971		5
2	Catalan (ca) Guerra indo-pakistanesa de 1971		2
3	Serbian (sr) Индијско-пакистански рат (1971)		2
4	Estonian (et) 1971. aasta India-Pakistani sõda		1
5	Hebrew (he) מלחמת הודו–פקיסטן השלישית		1
6	Hindi (hi) १९७१ का भारत-पाक युद्ध		1
7	Russian (ru) Третья индо-пакистанская война		1
8	Tamil (ta) 1971 இந்தியா-பாக்கிஸ்தான் போர்		1
9	Arabic (ar) الحرب الباكستانية الهندية 1971		0
10	Azerbaijani (az) Üçüncü Hindistan-Pakistan müharibəsi		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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