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Post 1971 war, Pakistani POWs wished their officers were like Indian offic
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"After the 1971 Indo-Pak War, 90,000 Pakistani Prisoners of War were to be housed in camps in central command (with Lt Gen Bhagat as commander in chief). This entailed urgent construction of shelters, provision of amenities, putting the logistics in place, ensuring security arrangements a
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Anurag Thakur condoles demise of veteran Doordarshan news anchor Gitanjali
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Gitanjali Aiyar joined the national television organisation in 1971 and was honoured as the best anchor four times during her career with the channel.
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Veteran actor Barry Newman passes away at 92
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Veteran actor Barry Newman, best known for starring in the 1971 cult action thriller 'Vanishing Point', has died.
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Pakistan should formally declare 1971 atrocities as genocide: Dutch activi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Bommel headed a three-member European team to investigate the genocide committed by Pakistan in 1971 and also appealed to Islamabad to clear its stance on the issue.
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1971 Genocide: Bangladesh seeks apology and acknowledgement
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Even the Pakistani state, after 51 years, has not tendered a formal apology to Bangladesh for the crimes committed by its army. It has not put on trial the 195 war criminals identified by Bangladesh in 1972 as the principal perpetrators.6 On the contrary, one can find the Pakistani state ado
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European Bangladesh Forum express determination to draw attention towards
Updated : 3 years ago IST
At the conference on Monday, EBF leaders expressed firm determination to continue efforts to draw the attention of the world community to the genocide and to stand with the victims of atrocities conducted by the Pakistani army during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
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1971 genocide by Pakistan army will get global recognition: Ex-Dutch Minis
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Even if it takes a hundred years to get global recognition of the Armenian Genocide, I hope it will not take that long in the case of the Bangladeshi Genocide. We want to have it within a few years, not even decades", Bommel told a press conference at Jatiya press club in Dhaka.
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Dutch politician leads fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to investigate g
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Dutch politician and former Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel, along with a European delegation is on a visit to Bangladesh from May 20-26, where the delegation will investigate the genocide committed by Pakistan in 1971.
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MS Dhoni signs Sunil Gavaskar's shirt post IPL match against KKR
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Gavaskar represented India in 125 Tests from 1971-1987, scoring 10,122 runs at an average of 51.12 with 34 centuries and 45 fifties. He also played 108 ODIs, scoring 3,092 runs at an average of over 35 with a century and 13 fifties.
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Kaur Singh, the only Indian boxer to have fought legendary Muhammad Ali, d
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Kaur Singh was from a humble background and began his career as a farmer in Punjab's Malwa region. In 1971, he enlisted in the Indian Army, and in 1977, he discovered boxing, as per Olympics.com.
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UK: Forum demands immediate international recognition of Bangladesh genoci
Updated : 3 years ago IST
At the international symposium organized by the European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in the seminar room of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London on Tuesday, speakers reiterated their demand for immediate international recognition of the genocide committed in 197
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Tripura's first Padma Shri awardee, Himangshu Mohan Chowdhury, passes away
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripura's first Padma Shri awardee, Himangshu Mohan Chowdhury, passed away on Tuesday.
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