#VijayDiwas: Remembering the brave hearts who liberated a nation from a dark dictatorship
Mumbai, December 16: A group of people who do not only save its own country but also gave birth to a new nation, liberated country – that is the example of the gallantry of Indian Army. 16th December is one of the most important dates in the glorious history of India. Back in 1971 on this day, Pakistani Forces surrendered with his forces to the joint forces of Bangladesh and India marking the end of Bangladesh liberation war. Since then, the neighboring friends, India and Bangladesh celebrate Vijay Diwas, also known as Victory Day.
After this glorious day, the birth of a new nation took place, which is now known as Bangladesh. India showed the whole world that it liberated a new country. Maybe this was the first after Second World War that a new country was born out of a war.
The war’s seed was planted in the brutality of Pakistan's suppression of the Bangladeshi nationalists of its breakaway eastern province. Between 300,000 and 500,000 died during this turmoil period. Pakistani soldiers attacked Dhaka University, lining up and executing students and professors. The countryside was vulnerable to more torture. Pakistan army crossed all limits and even small babies were flung into the air by the Pakistani soldiers and impaled by rifle bayonets. Many young girls and women fell the victim of mass rape. To flee from the violence, more than 10 million people crossed into the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Assam during the nine-month conflict. The win over Pakistani army put a full stop to an era of bloodshed, torture.