Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora

Vijay Diwas was observed at Fort William in Kolkata today to mark the 44th anniversary of India's victory over Pakistan during the war of liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Forty years ago, when Lieutenant General AAK Niazi, commander of the Pakistani forces in East Pakistan, signed surrender before Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, India's Eastern Army Commander, it marked the end of our subcontinent's most decisive war. In fact, the definitive liberation war in modern world's military history.

Vijay Diwas was observed at Fort William in Kolkata today to mark the 44th anniversary of India's victory over Pakistan during the war of liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Forty years ago, when Lieutenant General AAK Niazi, commander of the Pakistani forces in East Pakistan, signed surrender before Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, India's Eastern Army Commander, it marked the end of our subcontinent's most decisive war. In fact, the definitive liberation war in modern world's military history.