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Victory Day ( Bengali: বিজয় দিবস Bijôy Dibôsh) is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on 16 December to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the Independence of Bangladesh. It commemorates the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender, wherein the commander of the ...
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- Bangladesh 1971-present
- 16 December
- Bengali: বিজয় দিবস (Bijoy Dibosh)
Dec 16, 2021 · India played a significant role in favour of Bangladesh. When Pakistan declared war against India on December 3, 1971, India directly entered the Liberation War. It followed the Pakistani pre-emptive airstrikes in northern India. On December 16, the allied forces of Bangladesh and India defeated Pakistan in the East. The role of Soviet Russia.
Dec 18, 2021 · The creation of Bangladesh is one of the most sensitive and tragic chapters in the history of Pakistan. 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 ...
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A. A. K. Niazi and Jagjit Singh Aurora on behalf of Indian and Bangladesh Forces in Dhaka on 16 Dec. 1971. On 16 December 1971, Lt. Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Chief Martial Law Administrator of East Pakistan and Commander of Pakistan Army forces in East Pakistan signed the Instrument of Surrender.
- 26 March – 16 December 1971, (8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
- Indian–Bangladeshi victory, Surrender of Pakistani forces
Mar 26, 2023 · On 16 December 1971, 93,000 soldiers of the Pakistan army, led by Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, surrendered to the Mukti Bahini and the Indian army at the Race Course in Dhaka. Bangladesh was a free people's republic. And yet the price its people paid in the struggle for freedom would be unprecedented in the annals of history.
By. Eric A. Strahorn. December 16, 1971 marked the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan that established the People’s Republic of Bangladesh from the territory of the former province of East Pakistan. Although the war is best remembered for its dramatic alteration of South Asia’s ...
Apr 17, 2015 · East Pakistan becomes the independent country of Bangladesh on 16 December 1971. Exact number of people killed is unclear - Bangladesh says it is three million but independent researchers say it ...
