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  1. [citation needed] Sagat Singh, Commander of the Indian IV Corps; Hari Chand Dewan, Commander of the Indian Eastern Air Command; and J. F. R. Jacob, Chief of Staff of the Indian Eastern Command; all acted as witnesses on behalf of India. [citation needed] Niazi accepted the surrender while the crowd on the race course promptly erupted in ...

  2. The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan ...

  3. Dec 15, 2019 · A survivor of the 1971 civil war recounts the harrowing events of December 16 as a resident in a Bihari locality in Dhaka. On the morning of December 4, I caught a small group of people looking up ...

  4. History of Dhaka. Appearance. hide. Dhaka City across Buriganga River – a painting by Frederick William Alexander de Fabeck in 1861 [1] Dhaka ( Dacca) is a modern megacity with origins dating to circa the 7th century CE. [citation needed] The history of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanised settlements that were ruled by the Hindu ...

  5. Dec 14, 2020 · How Dacca fell in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. The word spread rapidly that Indian troops had surrounded Dacca, and Pakistan’s army was cornered. Gen Manekshaw then warned through a radio announcement that the Pakistani army must surrender immediately. Lt. Gen. Niazi signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971.

  6. Sep 23, 2017 · India helped East Pakistan become Bangladesh in the last few months of 1971, but was not responsible for the conditions between 1947 and 1970 which led to the breakup of Pakistan. External forces ...

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  8. Dec 16, 2021 · On September 8, 1971, Mumtaz took a train from Lahore to Karachi in the south of the country, and from there a military plane to Dhaka in East Pakistan with a battalion of around 800 men. Back in ...

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