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Chennai: GoC Dakshin Bharat lays wreath on occasion of Vijay Diwas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Lt General A Arun, General Officer Commanding, Dakshin Bharat Area on Friday attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on the occasion of Vijay Diwas.
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Vijay Diwas 2022: History, significance, key facts of day when Pak army ca
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In India, Vijay Diwas is observed on December 16 to commemorate India's decisive victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, which resulted in the liberation of East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh.
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Vijay Diwas: Vice President Dhankhar remembers bravery, sacrifice of armed
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers of the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
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Overseas Bangladeshis protest in front of Pak consulate in US to mark Inte
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Overseas Bangladeshis on Wednesday (local time) protested in front of the Pakistan Consulate and at Times Square in New York to mark Intellectual Martyrs Day.
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"Pakistan is a genocidal nation," says Bangladesh Liberation War veteran
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On the eve of Vijay Diwas, a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War, Lt Colonel Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir on Thursday termed Pakistan as a genocidal nation.
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'Between Dusk and Dawn, Pakistan was ruled by pimps': Time Magazine's desc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The most important event domestically under Yahya Khan's watch was the 1970 elections and their aftermath. Yahya created a National Security Cell (NSC) to help him assess the evolving political situation and to get an estimate of the likely makeup of parliament and the role that the army
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Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha requests Pakistan to apologise for 1971 war
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the memorandum, BMM writes, "Request the government of Pakistan to offer an unconditional apology to our Prime Minister and leader Sheikh Hasina and to the people of Bangladesh for the brutalities in Bangabandhu killing, 21st grenade attack and the atrocities of 1971 liberation struggle,
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Bangladesh Muktijoddha Mancha submits memorandum to UN, demands trial of P
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The memorandum also demanded Pakistan desist, overtly or covertly, from engaging with those forces that stood against our freedom struggle. It also expects Pakistan to offer an unconditional apology to our Honorable Prime Minister and beloved leader Sheikh Hasina and to the people of Banglad
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Former Pak Army chief Bajwa wrong on terming 1971 surrender as political d
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday repudiated former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa's diction that the 1971 Bangladesh war debacle was a political defeat and not the defeat of the Pak military.
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On Navy Day, Eastern Naval Command pays homage to bravehearts
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As part of Navy Day celebrations, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) paid homage to service personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in various actions including the 1971 War.
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Ex-Pak Army chief Bajwa blames politicians for 1971 war debacle
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Former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa blamed the 1971 debacle on the country's politicians.
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Visakhapatnam: Eastern Naval Command conducts full dress rehearsal with Ai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Navy Day is observed every year to commemorate India's victory in the India-Pakistan war in 1971. It is observed on December 4 every year, to commemorate the daring attack on Karachi harbour, which was launched by the Indian Navy's missile boats in the 1971 war.
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