City pays homage to 1971 War heroes, celebrates Vijay Divas


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Mangaluru, 16 Dec 2014: To commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in 1971 war to liberate Bangladesh from Pakistan, DK district Ex-Servicemen’s Association in collaboration with Lions Club International district 317 D and Shastavu Sri Bhootanateshwar Temple Trust organized public homage to martyrs at War Memorial Monument here on Tuesday December 16.

 

The city police commissioner Dr R Hitendra, principal district and sessions judge Uma M G, Deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim, ZP CEO Tulasi Maddineni, NCC group Commander Colonel S R Sriram, SP Dr S D Sharanappa, Shastavu Sri Bhootanateshwar Temple Trust representative Arjun Rai and Lions Club International district governor H S Manjunath and others offered tributes to martyrs of 1971 war.

 

 

Speaking on the occasion, DC Ibrahim gave a clarion call to support and encourage the ex-servicemen.  He said, ‘They are the ones who risked their lives to safeguard us. Their efforts and service needs to be appreciated and commended. We need to support these ex-servicemen in their upcoming projects.’

 

The judge Uma M G, and Dr Hitendra also spoke on the occasion.

 

On every December 16 in India, ’Vijay Diwas’  marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, who were alliance of Bangladesh Mukti Bahini . The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and unconditional surrender of the Pakistan Army and subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh. On this day in 1971, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered to the allied forces consists of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini, led by General Jagjit Singh Arora of India in the Ramna Race Course, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka after their defeat in the war.

 

 

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