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Dec 16, 2022 · Wall Street Journal correspondent Peter R Kann recorded the events of December 1971 from Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka. Tribune Desk. Publish : 16 Dec 2022, 12:27 AM Update : 16 Dec 2022, 12:27 AM. At 10:10am a hotel official walks up: “It's definite, it's definite. It's surrender.”
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.
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Dec 14, 2020 · Lt. Gen. Niazi signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971. On 16th December 1971, Pakistan faced its darkest hour when its soldiers surrendered at the Race Course in Dacca, cornered by the Indian army’s ‘blitzkrieg’ across East Pakistan, after the war for the liberation of Bangladesh. With over 90,000 prisoners of war ...
Dec 16, 2021 · By Rijuta Dey Bera. 16 Dec 2021. On the evening of May 7, 1971, 75-year-old Ranada Prasad (RP) Shaha eased himself into a chair on the verandah of the handsome red brick home that doubled as the...
Dec 16, 2021 · 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.
Sep 23, 2017 · DAWN December 16, 1971 (News Report) Enemy closes in on Dacca. THE situation in East Pakistan has become very critical, according to the latest reports received here tonight [December 15].
- The Trigger and The Deeper Cause
- “Extraordinary Apathy of The Security Council”
- The “Unusual and Secret” Step by The Un Secretary General
- The Importance of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Fate For A Political Solution
- The Beginning of The End: India — Pakistan All-Out War
- The Birth of Bangladesh
- The Impact of 1971 Conflict on The United Nations
First, Mr. Thant states the existence of turmoil and tensions between the Indian and Pakistani governments since the partition. He notes the February 1971 incidence of hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar (Kashmir) to Lahore (West Pakistan). The aircraft was ultimately blown up in Lahore and the Indian government banned all flights ...
Despite the growing concern of the SG and the worsening situation in the South Asian subcontinent, Mr. Thant notes that there was “extraordinary apathy of the security council”, the body of the UN with the primary responsibility of preserving international peace and security. The apathy was due to two reasons: firstly, India and Pakistan did not wa...
Outside the formal deliberations of the UN, the SG took “unusual and secret” steps to bring about a political solution to the conflict by mediating between President Khan and the Awami league. In April, Mr. Thant had written a secret letter to Mr. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia and a man who had immense political prestige...
The leader of Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was reportedly captured in Dhaka by the Pakistani military in March, during the barbaric military crackdown. However, nobody knew about his fate, whether he was dead or alive, and if alive, where he was detained. President Yahya Khan reacted furiously whenever he was asked by foreign diplomats (incl...
On November 23, President Yahya Khan of Pakistan declared a national emergency and alerted the whole country for an all-out war. At that time, Mr. Thant was in the hospital with a recurrence of a stomach ulcer. Right after he was discharged, on November 29, Indian ambassador Samar Sen met with him at his residence and informed him that the fighting...
On December 12, the United States (US) requested the immediate convening of the Security Council based on the news that Indian troops had reached a small town within twenty-two miles from Dhaka and the capture of Dhaka was imminent. The Council met at 4 pm that day and the US ambassador George Bush (who later became the President of the US) tabled ...
Mr. Thant argued that the 1971 conflict and Bangladesh’s birth posed some fundamental questions for the UN. First, he acknowledges that there is “absolutely no doubt about the brutal character of Pakistan’s military suppression of the Bengalis from March 25, 1971, onward — the savagery of the atrocities committed have few parallels in history.” How...
