Vijay Diwas is the victory day celebrated Both in India and Bangladesh for their victory over Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
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| On December 16, 1971, at precisely 1655 hours IST, Lt Gen AAK Niazi, Commander of the Pakistan Eastern Command, signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Lt Gen JS Aurora, GOC-in-C of the Indian Eastern Command, in Dacca (now Dhaka). This brought to an end a war which officially lasted just 13 days. |
On 16 December in 1971, defeated Pakistan Army Chief General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi surrendered to the Indian Army and Bangladesh Liberation Army led by General Jagjit Singh Arora along with 93,000 troops at Ramna Race Course in Dhaka.
The date 16th December every year in India is henceforth "Victory Day" is being celebrated as On this day in the capital New Delhi the Defense Minister of India and the heads of the three branches of the army India Gate Immortal jawan Jyoti pays tribute.
Victory Day As a special day in Bangladesh, it is celebrated all over the country. The day is specially celebrated in Bangladesh on 16 December every year. A notification issued on 22 January 1972 declared the day as the National Day of Bangladesh and declared an official holiday. On 16 December in Dhaka Suhrawardy Udyan about 91,634 members of the Pakistani army formally surrendered. As a result of this the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent and sovereign state.
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