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2008-12-16 India-Pakistan

December 16, 1971 - the fall of Dhaka - 90,000 surrender

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video of the surrender signing

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#2 And it has galled Pakistan every second of every day to present time too.

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India's Defense Minister and Chiefs of its Army, Navy, and Air Force place wreaths at the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal warrior), which marks the Unknown Soldier's Tomb in New Delhi on Dec. 16, 2008.

Victory Day is celebrated annually on Dec. 16 to commemorate the surrender of Pakistan's army in Bangladesh in 1971.

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#4 Faced with imminent and sure defeat, on 14th December the Pakistani army together with local cohorts killed Bengali doctors, teachers and other intellectuals as part of their programme against Hindu minorities. The latter made up the majority of urban educated elite. Young men, seen as potential rebels, especially students were also targeted.

Surrender (News Paper Clipping)

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Indian defense personnel parade at one of India's largest war memorials, the India Gate, New Delhi, India on 16 December 2008.

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#6 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

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#7 Hella pictures John Frum.

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