Vijay Diwas 2024 celebrates India's military victory over Pakistan in 1971. This war, lasting just 13 days, ended with Pakistan’s surrender, the liberation of Bangladesh, and a reaffirmation of ...
JP Dutta's film is one of the best war dramas. Set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the movie told the real-life stories of soldiers who lost their lives while protecting their motherland.
It was 1971 and the street, as it remains today, was the city’s main shopping thoroughfare. Although the basic topography of the scene remains the same, much has changed over the last five decades.
Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, is said to have resigned and left the nation amid growing protests against her leadership. Unrest over the heated job quota system first triggered ...
A woman who set up a social support group for motherless daughters after her own mother died said it has helped many other women feel less alone. Carmella De Lucia's mother, Bridie De Lucia ...
“Khadim, it is tonight,” Lt Gen Tikka Khan, commander of the Pakistan Army’s Eastern Command, said on the phone to Maj Gen Khadim Hussain, general officer commanding of the 14 Infantry Division in ...
On December 16, 1971, at precisely 1655 hours IST, Lt Gen AAK Niazi, Commander of the Pakistan Eastern Command, signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Lt Gen JS Aurora, GOC-in-C of the ...