Indian Navy played a very important role in 1971 Indo-Pak war. Here's how!🇮🇳🇮🇳 #VijayDiwas | Indiatimes

93,000 Pakistani troops surrender | Rare footage of 1971 india pak war. The surrender of 93,000 pakistani military personnel was largest in number of prisoners of war since World War II. The Instrument of Surrender of Pakistani forces stationed in East Pakistan was signed at Ramna Race Course in Dhaka at 16.31 IST on 16 December 1971, by Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding-in-chief of Eastern Command of the Indian Army and Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi, Command

On this day in 1971, Pakistan’s air strikes on Indian bases lit the fuse of a war that would rewrite the subcontinent. In just 13 days, the Indian Armed Forces and the Mukti Vahini unleashed a campaign so swift and overwhelming that it dismantled Pakistani positions, crushed resistance and forced one of the most decisive surrenders in modern history. A genocide was stopped and a nation was born. Watch the full story here: https://youtu.be/KlGJczkezdA | HISTORY