Vijay Diwas is commemorated every 16 December in India, as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in alliance with Bangladesh Mukti Bahini.
The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and unconditional surrender of the Pakistan Army and subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.
On this day in 1971, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered to the allied forces consists of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini, led by General Jagjit Singh Aurora, of India in the Ramna Race Course, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka after their defeat in the war.
The anniversary of Vijay Divas is observed across India by paying tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation.
On December 16 every year, Citizens, senior officials, students & war veterans lay wreaths and remember the sacrifices of the soldiers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday Dec 16,2016 paid tributes on Vijay Diwas to soldiers who died during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh, Naval Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, also paid homage to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti on the occassion of 'Vijay Diwas'.
The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and unconditional surrender of the Pakistan Army and subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.
On this day in 1971, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered to the allied forces consists of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini, led by General Jagjit Singh Aurora, of India in the Ramna Race Course, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka after their defeat in the war.
The anniversary of Vijay Divas is observed across India by paying tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation.
On December 16 every year, Citizens, senior officials, students & war veterans lay wreaths and remember the sacrifices of the soldiers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday Dec 16,2016 paid tributes on Vijay Diwas to soldiers who died during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh, Naval Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, also paid homage to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti on the occassion of 'Vijay Diwas'.
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