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LEADER OF REBELS IN EAST PAKISTAN REPORTED SEIZED; Sheik Mujib Arrested After a Broadcast Proclaiming Region's Independence DACCA CURFEW EASED Troops Said to Be Gaining in Fighting in Cities -Heavy Losses Seen

By The Associated Press ();

March 27, 1971,

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NEW DELHI, Saturday, March 27 -- The Pakistan radio announced today that Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the nationalist leader of East Pakistan, had been arrested only hours after he had proclaimed his region independent and after open rebellion was reported in several cities in the East.

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