We, the comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP
endorses this observance, Victory Day of Bangladesh on December 16 every year. We
will post information about this national holiday from Wikipedia.
27,117 volunteers stand up with red and green
blocks to form the world’s largest human national flag at the National Parade
Ground in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Monday. Photo: SK Enamul Haque
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Official
name
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Bengali:
বিজয় দিবস (Bijôy Dibôs)
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Also
called
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Vijay
Diwas (India)
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Observed by
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Bangladesh
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Celebrations
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Flag
hoisting, Parades, singing patriotic songs and the National anthem, Speeches
by the President and Prime minister, entertainment and cultural programs.
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Date
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Frequency
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Victory day (Bengali: বিজয় দিবস
Bijôy Dibôs) is a national holiday in Bangladesh
celebrated on December 16 to commemorate the victory of the Allied forces High
Command over the Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The
Commanding officer of the Pakistani Forces General AAK Niazi surrendered his
forces to the Allied forces commander Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, which
marked ending the 9 month-long Bangladesh
Liberation War and 1971 Bangladesh genocide and officially secession of East
Pakistan into Bangladesh.
History
The 1971 Bangladesh
Liberation War (Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho) was a war of independence,
which resulted in the secession of East Pakistan from the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan and established the sovereign nation of Bangladesh. The war pitted East Pakistan
and India against West Pakistan, and lasted over a duration
of nine months. One of the most violent wars of the 20th century, it witnessed large-scale
atrocities, the exodus of 10 million refugees and the displacement
of 3 million people.
On 16 December 1971, Lieutenant General
Amir Khan Niazi,
CO of
Pakistan Armed Forces located in East Pakistan signed the Instrument
of Surrender. The Instrument of Surrender was a written agreement
that enabled the surrender of the Pakistan
Eastern Command in the Bangladesh
Liberation War, and marked the end of the Indo-Pakistani
War of 1971 in the Eastern
Theater.
The surrender took place at the Ramna Race Course in Dacca
on December 16, 1971. Lieutenant General Amir Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General
Jagjit Singh Aurora,
Joint Commander of Indian and Bangladesh
Forces, signed the instrument amid thousands of cheering crowds at
the race course. Air Commodore A. K. Khandker, Deputy Commander-in-Chief
of the Bangladesh Armed
Forces, and Lieutenant General J F R Jacob of the Indian Eastern
Command, acted as witnesses to the surrender. Also present were Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shariff, commander of the
Pakistani Naval Eastern Command
and Air Vice-Marshal
Patrick D. Callaghan of the Pakistan Air Force's
Eastern Air Force Command, who signed the agreement. On behalf of Bangladesh,
Air Commodore A. K. Khandker acted as witness to the surrender. Lieutenant
General Jacob Rafael Jacob, Chief of Staff of the
Indian Eastern Command, along with the other commanders of Indian naval and air
forces, acted as witnesses on behalf of India. Aurora accepted the surrender
without a word, while the crowd on the race course started shouting anti-Niazi
and anti-Pakistan slogans.
Instrument of Surrender of the Pakistan
Eastern Command to Bangladesh-India Allied Forces on December 16, 1971.
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Recognition of Bangladesh
Main
article: Instrument of Surrender (1971)
The
Surrender of Pakistan Armed Forces marked the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War and the
creation of Bangla
Desh (later reduced to a single word). Most United
Nations member nations were quick to recognise Bangladesh within months of
its independence.
Celebration
The celebration of Victory Day has
taken place since 1972. The Bangladesh Liberation War became a topic
of great importance in cinema, literature, history lessons at school, the mass
media, and the arts in Bangladesh. The ritual of the celebration gradually
obtained a distinctive character with a number of similar elements: Military
Parade by Bangladesh Armed Forces at the National
Parade Ground, ceremonial meetings, speeches, lectures, receptions and fireworks.
Victory Day in Bangladesh is a joyous celebration in which popular culture
plays a great role. TV and radio stations broadcast special programs and
patriotic songs. The main streets are decorated with national
flags. Different political parties and socioeconomic organizations
undertake programs to mark the day in a befitting manner, including the paying
of respects at Jatiyo Smriti Soudho, the national memorial at
Savar near Dhaka.
Victory
Day in India
India also commemorates victory over
Pakistan on the same day in 1971 on Vijay Diwas.
Jatiyo Smriti Soudho at Savar, a tribute to
the martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War
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Events
commemorating Victory Day
- 1971: State Bank of Pakistan became Bangladesh Bank.
- 1972: The constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was enacted on 16 December.
- 1973: Gallantry awards of war were declared by Bangladesh Gazzett on 15 December.
- 1996: Silver jubilee of victory was celebrated.
- 2007: The remains of Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman were brought back to Bangladesh on 10 December.
- 2013: New world record of the largest human flag was set when 27,117 volunteers gathered at the National Parade Ground holding red and green blocks to form the national flag of Bangladesh.
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