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- Dec 16 Vijay Diwas (Victory Day): East Pakistan's independence (as Bangladesh) from Pakistan is recognized internationally after India's army occupies Dacca, and 93,000 West Pakistani troops surrender
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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.
Dec 16, 1971 · December 16, 1971 is one date that most Pakistanis would rather not remember. For good reason. It was on this date 51 years ago, that the Pakistan army surrendered to the invading Indian army in Dhaka, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan). Who were behind this debacle and what lies were told to hide the truth from people need to be examined.
As the Bangladesh Liberation War approached the defeat of the Pakistan Army, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan became the first state in the world to recognise the newly independent country on 6 December 1971.
Dec 17, 2021 · War between Pakistan and India broke out on 3 December 1971 and concluded on 16 December, when Lieutenant-General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, the Commander of the Pakistan Eastern Command, signed the Instrument of Surrender in Dacca, which was accepted by Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of India’s ...
Dec 16, 2018 · Forty-seven years ago on this day (16 Dec 1971), the instrument of surrender was signed in Dhaka which ended up making East Pakistan as a new nation called Bangladesh. Since then a question has been repeatedly asked: Was it ‘an arranged capitulation or a military defeat?’.
Dec 6, 2023 · Fifty-two years ago, on December 16, 1971, the Indian Armed Forces achieved a major victory against the Pakistan Army. The war lasted for 13 days and ended on this day with almost 93,000 Pakistani forces surrendering.
Dec 27, 2018 · Pakistan’s annals of history in the decades to come will carry rankling of December 16 1971 as “Pakistan Army’s Day of Infamy” when General Niazi of the Pakistan Army and 93,000 of...
