The nation celebrates Vijay Diwas today to commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. Rich tributes are being paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives during the war. It was on this day in 1971, that the chief of the Pakistani forces, General AA Khan Niazi, along with 93 thousand troops, surrendered unconditionally to the allied forces consisting of the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini. The end of the war also resulted in the subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.
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