Ex-servicemen to celebrate Vijay Diwas at India Gate on Dec 16

Ex-servicemen will celebrate Vijay Diwas, which commemorates India's victory over Pakistan in 1971 war, on a grand scale at India Gate here on December 16. 

A number of ex-servicemen who fought in the war will participate in the celebrations, along with hundreds of NCC cadets and schoolchildren, said Major General (retired) G D Bakshi, a patron of the ex-servicemen organisation Veterans India. 

Union minister V K Singh will release a book, '1971: The Fall of Dhaka', penned by Bakshi. The book gives a detailed account of the 13-day war. 

The celebrations will begin in the morning of December 16 at NCC auditorium in Delhi Cantt., he said. A 45-minute documentary will be screened on the occasion. 

In the evening, the documentary will be shown at the India Gate.  Bakshi said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman might take part in the celebrations.