{"id":3179,"date":"2022-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/16-12-2022\/vijay-diwas\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"vijay-diwas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/16-12-2022\/vijay-diwas","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Diwas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>India celebrates Vijay Diwas<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> every year on 16th December to commemorate India&#8217;s victory over Pakistan in <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>1971 Bangladesh Liberation war.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>1971 Bangladesh Liberation war<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">During the struggle for<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong> independence in East Pakistan<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, the war started on\u00a0 December 3, 1971, and ended 13 days later on December 16 with India winning the war.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">In this war, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Pakistan suffered the maximum casualty with about 8,000 dead and 25,000 wounded<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, while India lost 3000 soldiers and 12,000 were injured.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Surrender<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">On 16th December 1971, the chief of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered unconditionally to the joint forces of Bangladesh&#8217;s Mukti Bahini and Indian Army, led by\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, in Dhaka after their defeat.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">It was the biggest-ever military surrender after World War II.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Creation of Bangladesh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The end of the war resulted in the creation of Bangladesh, which was until then East Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Bangladesh celebrates the day as \u2018Bijoy Dibos\u2019 to mark the country\u2019s formal independence from Pakistan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Source:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/new-updates\/vijay-diwas-the-day-that-marks-indias-triumph-over-pakistan-in-1971\/articleshow\/96271676.cms\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\">ET<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News India celebrates Vijay Diwas every year on 16th December to commemorate India&#8217;s victory over Pakistan in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war. 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war During the struggle for independence in East Pakistan, the war started on\u00a0 December 3, 1971, and ended 13 days later on December 16 with India winning the war. 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