Today marks the completion of 50 years of the 1971 war i.e. Victory Day. Let us tell you that after this war, Bangladesh came into existence as a country and India defeated Pakistan. In fact, Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on 16 December to mark India’s victory in liberating Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. Moreover, this is the same day when 93000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered before India in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. Were leaning. However, in the 12 days of this war, many Indian soldiers were martyred and thousands of soldiers were injured.
How did the 1971 war begin?
The war of 1971 started because of East Pakistan i.e. today’s Bangladesh. In fact, on December 3, 1971, Pakistan carried out air strikes on 11 Indian Air Force stations. Angered by this, the Indian Army agreed to support the Bengali nationalist groups in the Bangladeshi War of Independence in East Pakistan.
Let us tell you that elections were held in Pakistan in 1970, in which East Pakistan Awami League won and claimed to form the government, but Zulfikar Ali Bhutto started opposing it.
Relations between East and West Pakistan deteriorated.
Due to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s opposition, the situation became so bad that the help of the army had to be taken. Then Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Awami League, who was a big leader of East Pakistan, was arrested and with this the relations between East and West Pakistan deteriorated.
The period of migration started.
As the dispute escalated, people of East Pakistan started migrating from West Pakistan. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India at that time. At that time, when refugees from East Pakistan came to India to seek refuge, Indira Gandhi’s government helped them a lot. Let us tell you that 10 lakh people had taken shelter in India at that time. Due to the oppressive policies of West Pakistan, India helped East Pakistan and the Indian Army started preparing for war.
Pakistan planned to attack India.
Despite international pressure at that time, the Pakistan government planned to attack India. When Pak Army fighter planes intruded into Indian airspace in the last weeks of November, India warned Pakistan but Pakistani President Yahiya threatened war within 10 days. On 3 December 1971, Pakistani planes started bombing some cities of India. With this, the war between India and Pakistan started and then the Indian Air Force destroyed many important bases of Pakistan.
Operation Trident.
On December 4, 1971, India launched Operation Trident. In this operation, the Indian Navy fought the Pakistani Navy from the sea side in the Bay of Bengal and also fought the West Pakistan Army on the other side. The Indian Navy bombed Karachi port and completely destroyed it on December 5, 1971, and India started celebrating December 16 as ‘Victory Day’ to commemorate its historic victory.
Now 50 years of Vijay Diwas have been completed.
Today, 50 years of 1971 war i.e. Vijay Diwas have been completed and on this occasion, PM Modi went to the National War Memorial and paid tribute to the heroes of 1971 war and then lit the ‘Golden Vijay Mashal’. Let us tell you that in this program organized on the occasion of Vijay Diwas, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) Vipin Rawat and the chiefs of the three armies were present along with Modi.
