Vijay Diwas Commemorations 2018 SIRSA
SIRSA NEWS
16 December 2018
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and Videos: GS Mann, Amar Singh Jyani, Surinder Sawant, Mukhtiar Singh Happy, Vikram Bhatia. Vikas Taneja
Vijay Diwas Commemorations 2018 December 16th SIRSA. Interviews: Col Deep
Dagar (Retd.); Rahul Hooda IAS SDM Sirsa; Sh Om Parkash Ex-Serviceman. Visuals
Shahid Smarak Sathal Sirsa.
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Vijay Diwas is commemorated every 16 December in India, as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in
1971 during the war for the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan. 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 Arora, 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. In the
nation's capital New Delhi, the Indian Minister of Defence and heads of all
three wings of the Indian armed forces pay homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India
Gate in New Delhi as well as in the National Military Memorial, Bangalore.
On 16 December every year,
Citizens, senior officials, students & war veterans lay wreaths and
remember the sacrifices of the soldiers.
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