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- 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.
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Dec 18, 2021 · On Dec 16, 1971, Pakistani troops laid down their arms and surrendered for secession of East Pakistan. It is considered the darkest day in our history. The grievances of Dhaka were political one: it should have been handled with a political approach. Thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives in this tragedy.
- Bangladesh: The Liberation War
- India: The Finest Victory
- Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict
The struggle for Bengali rights started shortly after Pakistan gained independence as a country with two incontiguous territories known as West Pakistan (today’s Pakistan) and East Pakistan (today’s Bangladesh). The refusal to accept Bengali as a state language of Pakistan in the early years after Partition, economic disparity between the two parts...
In India and Pakistan, 1971 may not be as actively remembered but it remains central to how both nations view themselves and each other. In India, the war is fondly recalled as the nation’s finest win, a testament to its military prowess and superiority, and as revenge for Pakistan having “broken” India in 1947. Having lost the Indo-Sino war in 196...
In Pakistan, the state has resorted to selective forgetting of what happened in 1971. Perceived as a humiliating defeat, the war is brushed over in textbooks and there is little acknowledgement of the military oppression and the resulting atrocities in East Pakistan. What is hailed as liberation in Bangladesh is awkwardly recalled by Pakistanis as ...
Dec 16, 2018 · There was an Indian naval blockade and the only functional airfield in Dhaka was destroyed on December 6, 1971. The war’s outer appearance in East Pakistan was hard to miss. It was exposed to ‘insurmountable challenges’.
Dec 19, 2018 · 16 December 1971 — a day to remember Fall of Dhaka: Winemaker’s tale of selfless love and sacrifice Bangladesh deploys thousands of paramilitary amid deadly election campaign
Dec 16, 2021 · The war ended with Pakistani General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendering to India and signing the Instrument of Surrender on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka.
The 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh against Pakistan continues shaping the mindset of Bangladeshi people until present day. This bloodstained historical event has constructed Bangladeshi sense of nationalism and has forged their contemporary Constitution. The Bangladesh we see today is essentially the fruit of the liberation war of 1971.
Victory day (weRq w`em) is celebrated on 16 December commemorating the ultimate victory in our Liberation War in 1971. On this day in 1971, Pakistani Army surrendered in Dhaka marking the end of nine months atrocities in Bangladesh. Pakistani General AAK Niazi officially surrendered to the Allied Forces Commander General Jagjit Singh Aurora.
