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The month of April 1971 was when the die for the future of Bangladesh's Liberation War was cast. Both Indian and Bangladesh governments got busy in planning operations for expunging the Pakistani occupation forces at the earliest. Indira Gandhi held numerous meetings with cabinet colleagues, bureaucrats and the army top brass.
On March 7, 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman stood at the Ramna Race Course and faced a gathering of over 10 lakh people. The tensions between East and West Pakistan were fast simmering. Bangabandhu's speech was a ray of hope for our people. His historic speech did not just motivate and inspire the people in Bangladesh to take up arms and fight for their nation; the speech crossed multiple borders to reach the ears of submariner AW Chowdhury living in Toulon, France, and indirectly resulted in the turning of the wheels which led to the formation and successful execution of Operation Ja...
How a 1971 Indo-Pak war hero’s medal went missing How a 1971 Indo-Pak war hero’s medal went missing | India Today Insight Family suspects theft after the dying veteran’s brother’s house was looted during the national lockdown advertisement UPDATED: March 4, 2021 23:14 IST In picture: Lt Cdr Ashok Kumar Roy; the Vir Chakra, India's third-highest war time gallantry medal On April 18 last year, as India approached the first month of the nationwide lockdown, Bimlarani Mehra, 87, a resident of Dehradun, sensed something was amiss. The gate to the ground floor flat of her neighb...
New Delhi , January 25 (ANI): Col Mohatsim Hyder Chaudhary, chief of the Bangladesh contingent taking part in the Republic Day parade, said that there is a 'great responsibility' assigned to the contingent to have a very good show and added that they are "very much excited"."2021 is very special for us because we are
Story highlights All the three services of the Bangladesh Armed Forces had played a key role in securing independence for their country in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. It has been 50 years of the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistani rule. And India and Bangladesh are celebrating the Golden Jubilee of that war. A marching contingent and band of Bangladesh tri-services participated in the Indian Republic Day Parade at Rajpath to commemorate 50 years of its historic liberation. The 122-member contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces comprising soldiers of the Bangladesh Army, sailo...