‘Vijay Diwas’ 2022: Rajnath Singh pays tributes at National War Memorial

Dec 16, 2022

New Delhi, December 16 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 16 laid wreath at the National War Memorial on the occasion of ‘Vijay Diwas’, commemorating India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers of the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.