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- Every year on 16 December, Vijay Diwas is celebrated to commemorate the victory of the Indian Army over Pakistan during the 1971 war.
- This year, the 53rd anniversary of the 1971 war and Indo-Bangladesh friendship is being celebrated.
- On 16 December 1971, the independence of East Pakistan was declared, and Bangladesh was created as a new nation.
- The war began when Pakistan carried out airstrikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971.
- India won the war against Pakistan after fighting for 13 days.
- Pakistani Army Chief General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi surrendered along with his soldiers while kneeling before the Indian forces.
- During the historic war of 1971 between Pakistan and India, Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India.
- Vijay Diwas is also celebrated in Bangladesh as ‘Bijoy Dibos’ or Bangladesh Liberation Day.
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