1971 India-Pakistan war victory torch reaches Hyderabad The ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ (victory torch) lit for the year-long 50th-anniversary celebration of the 1971 India-Pakistan war reached Hyderabad on Monday. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service HYDERABAD: The ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ (victory torch) lit for the year-long 50th-anniversary celebration of the 1971 India-Pakistan war reached Hyderabad on Monday. As the nation celebrates ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’- Golden Jubilee of the iconic and spectacular victory of Indian Armed Forces in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, the city hosted the ‘Victory Mashaal’ lighted earlier at National War Memorial in Delhi, on the Southern leg of its journey.