1st January 1972: Of deaths, victory and other emotions dhakacourier.com.bd - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dhakacourier.com.bd Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Old, often grainy images of Bangladesh’s War of Liberation show carrion feeding on the bloated bodies of murdered Bangali civilians along the rivers and marshes of the country. And among these pictures is the odd spectacle of grinning Bangali villagers holding up the severed head of a Pakistani soldier killed by the Mukti Bahini.
Fifty-two years ago, on December 11-12, the Indian Army outmanoeuvred the retreating Pakistani troops with an airborne operation to march forward towards Dhaka.
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