Victory Day in India

India also commemorates victory over Pakistan on the same day in 1971 on

Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in as it marks its military victory over  in 1971 during the , who were alliance of   . The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and unconditional surrender of the  and subsequent secession of  into On this day in 1971, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General , along with 93,000 troops, surrendered to the allied forces consists of Indian Army and , led by General  , of India in the Ramna Race Course, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka after their defeat in the war. The anniversary of Vijay Divas is observed across India by paying tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation. In the nation’s capital , the Indian  and heads of all three wings of the  pay homage at  at  in  as well as in the National Military Memorial,