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1971 War: How A Photograph And A BBC Report Hastened Pakistanâs Surrender by Prakhar Gupta - Dec 16, 2020 07:01 AM The Tangail Airdrop Snapshot A file photo of an airdrop, which was used because an actual one of the event was not available, helped change the course of history in 1971. By 10 December, a week after the 1971 India-Pakistan war officially started, Indian troops moving into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) from the east under Lieutenant General Sagat Singh had crossed the mighty Meghna river, the biggest obstacle in the Indian Armyâs dash to Dhaka, using the Indian Air Forceâs Mi-4 helicopters, and were advancing towards the city with tanks and artillery. ....
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How Dacca fell in the 1971 Indo-Pak war Updated Dec 14, 2020 | 19:48 IST The word spread rapidly that Indian troops had surrounded Dacca, and Pakistan’s army was cornered. Gen Manekshaw then warned through a radio announcement that the Pakistani army must surrender immediately. Lt. Gen. Niazi signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971. On 16th December 1971, Pakistan faced its darkest hour when its soldiers surrendered at the Race Course in Dacca, cornered by the Indian army’s ‘blitzkrieg’ across East Pakistan, after the war for the liberation of Bangladesh. With over 90,000 prisoners of war, it was by far the largest surrender, by any army, since World War–II. The 1971 Indo-Pak war had formally broken out on 3rd December, when the Pakistani air force had simultaneously attacked as the sun set, several Indian airfields on India’s western front. Pakistan’s aim was to draw India’s maximum forces into ba ....