Victory Day (16th December)
Victory Day is celebrated (throughout Bangladesh) throughout the country as a special day in Bangladesh. Every year on December 16th, the day is celebrated specially in Bangladesh. This day was celebrated as National Day in Bangladesh on January 22, 1972 and officially declared holiday on this day. [1] After 9 months of war, on December 16, 1971, about 91,634 members of the Pakistani occupation forces in Suhrawardy Udyan , formally surrendered to the Joint Forces formed in India and Bangladesh. As a result, Bangladesh in the worldA new independent and sovereign state has emerged. On this occasion Bangladesh Day is celebrated with appropriate emotions and huge enthusiasm every year. On December 16th, the day started 31 times with the tearing. Members of the Bangladesh Army , Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force joined the Combined Military Parade in National Parade Square . The country's chief honorable President or Prime Minister accepted salam as part of the parade . A large number of people gathered to see this parade. In Savar , near Dhaka, as a part of paying tribute to those who were martyred in the Bangladesh War of LiberationPeople of all walks of life including President, Prime Minister, Opposition Leader-activists, various social and cultural organizations on national memorials are presenting wreaths.
Pakistan' surrender
After nine months of bloody war in 1971, Pakistani occupation forces were forced to surrender to the joint forces on this day. On that day , General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi signed a surrender document on behalf of Pakistan at Race Course ground in the center of Dhaka . He surrendered to the Chief of the Joint Forces General Jagjit Singh Arora . The surrender of the Liberation Army Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander Group Captain Abdul Karim Khandaker were present. However, General Osmani , the Commander-in-Chief of the War of Liberation was not present. The surrender document was as follows: [3]
The recognition
The liberation war of 9 months ended with the surrender of the Pakistan army , and an independent state was formed in the name of the Bengali country (later started using it as a word). Almost all the countries included in the UN recognize Bangladesh in the month of independence.
Victory Day Celebration
Victory Day is being observed in Bangladesh since 1972. In Bangladesh, the war of liberation is an important event for the nation, in many cases, films, poems, articles, media etc. are highlighted. On this occasion, the Bangladeshi military organizes the Victory Day parade in National Parade Square, and also organizes special discussion programs, views-making meetings and cultural shows in different parts of the country. The main roads of the country are arranged with national flags . On this day, special memorabilia was displayed in Savar at National Memorial .
Victory Day special events
- 971 : State Bank of Pakistan was renamed Bangladesh Bank .
- 1972 : The first constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was published.
- On 1972 : 15 December , the state titles were announced for special contribution in the liberation war through the Bangladesh Gadget .
- 1996 : Festival of 25 years is celebrated.
- 2013 : 27,117 voluntary volunteers gather at the National Parade Ground , gathering together red and green blocks of national flag of Bangladesh , the world records the world's largest human flag.
#source : wikipedia.org
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