Victory Day (Bangladesh) edit extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (using Wikipedia Reflection Script)

Victory day (Bengali: বিজয় দিবস Bijôe Dibôsh) is celebrated on December 16 in Bangladesh. On this day in 1971, the Pakistani Army surrendered to the Indo-Bangladeshi High Command in Dhaka, ending the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities:- 9 months of genocide¹. Pakistani General AAK Niazi surrendered officially to the Allied forces commander General Jagjit Singh Aurora. Bangladesh gained independence after 9 months of a long and bloody struggle.

India also commemorates victory over Pakistan on the same day in 1971 on Vijay Diwas.

See also

• Bangladesh Liberation War.
• Victory Day in other countries

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