Interview Times It is commemorated every 16 December in India. It marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the war for the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
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 Aurora, of India 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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participated in the Homage and Reception Ceremony of ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaals’ at the National War Memorial in Delhi to mark the 50th Vijay Diwas. Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued a commemorative stamp on the occasion of the 50th Vijay Diwas at the National War Memorial.
Last year, PM Modi had lit the Swarnim Vijay Mashaal at the NWM on December 16.
