General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan oversaw the 1970 Elections in Pakistan, the results of which exposed the deep fractures between East and West Pakistan resulting in insurgency in Bengal. Yahya Khan&#x27;s crack down of Bengalis left the country permanently divided when war broke out and after a poorly mismanaged war the Pakistan army surrendered. Violent demonstrations against the military government soon broke out at the news of Pakistan&#x27;s defeat. Yahya Khan resigned on December 20, 1971.