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Chennai: GoC Dakshin Bharat lays wreath on occasion of Vijay Diwas
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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Bangladesh-India friends for Eternity: Liberation war veteran
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lt Col Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir, Bangladesh Liberation war veteran said that the friendship between the two nations is made of blood, soil and sacrifice and is for eternity.
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Rajnath Singh lays wreath at National War Memorial on occasion of Vijay Di
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers from the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
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When Pakistan's Operation Blitz failed and opened the gates for Bangladesh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sahibzada Yakub Khan who was posted as commander, Eastern Command, in 1969 had conceived a security plan titled 'Op Blitz', meant to counter any unrest in East Pakistan. This was formulated much before the 1970 elections and on 11 December 1970, within days of the general elections in Pak
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Overseas Bangladeshis protest in front of Pak consulate in US to mark Inte
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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President Murmu, PM Modi attend 'At Home' reception at Army House on eve o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday attended the 'At Home' reception at Army House in the national capital on the eve of 'Vijay Diwas', commemorating India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
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"Pakistan is a genocidal nation," says Bangladesh Liberation War veteran
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha requests Pakistan to apologise for 1971 war
Updated : 3 years, 2 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, 2 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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Ex-Pak Army chief Bajwa blames politicians for 1971 war debacle
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa blamed the 1971 debacle on the country's politicians.
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Bangladesh Home Minister lauds India's 1971 Liberation War support, hopes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan hailed the ties between New Delhi and Dhaka and said that the unprecedented support during the 1971 Liberation War was the root of the bonhomie between the two countries.
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US lawmakers push Biden to recognise the "forgotten genocide" in Banglades
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): On 15th October a couple of United States congressmen placed a proposed resolution in the House of Representatives urging US president Joe Biden to consider recognising the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation Wa
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