45th Anniversary of Vijay Diwas: Know what led to the surrender of 93,000 troops

On the occasion of Vijay Diwas (Victory Day), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with three service chief paid homage to martyrs of 1971 Indo-Pak war at Amar Jawan Jyoti. To mark this day different programmes are being organised at the headquarters of the Eastern Command at the Fort William in Kolkata. On December 16 in the year 1971 the chief of Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops surrendered to the allied forces consisting of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini which was led by General Jagjit Singh Aurora in Dhaka after their defeat in the war. Pakistan lost half its navy, air force and a third of its army. The war stripped the nation of more than half of its population.

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Neha Singh
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