1971.12.15, Independence, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
All victims of a military clique From Somen Mukherjee, HARDINGE BRIDGE, DEC. 14.- The clattering of Pakistani rifles across the Padma does not convey any sense anymore. The stone of their strength has rolled away. “Now upon the first day of the week very early...
1971.12.17, Independence, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
A chronicle of Victory The following is a chronicle of the events from the day when Pakistan launched its ‘holy war’ on India. DECEMBER 3.- Pakistan launched a blatant air attack simultaneously on airfields in the Western sector-Amritsar, Srinagar,...
1971.12.18, Independence, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
How Dacca was liberated By Our Special Correspondent, Dacca was liberated without a battle. It was no telltale story; for, Indian troops advancing from all directions made it impossible for the Pakistani troops of occupation in Bangladesh, deployed in Dacca to flee....
1971.12.20, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Surrender
Ceremonial surrender of arms by Pak officers, men From Toosher Pandit DACCA, SUNDAY, The capitulation of the Pakistani troops in Bangladesh was complete by this morning when 478 officers, including Major General Rao Farman Ali, Major General Jamshed, Corps Commander...
1971.07.05, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Surrender
Pak soldier surrenders to Indian forces NEW DELHI, JULY 4 – Syed Ataullah Shah, a Pathan subaltern of the Pakistan Army, who recently crossed over to India in the eastern sector and surrendered to the Indian security forces, has said that before they left for...
1971.12.24, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Prisoner of War (POW)
India to be asked to hand over war criminals: Islam DACCA, DEC. 23. The Bangladesh acting President, Syed Nazrul Islam told a group of foreign journalists here today that his Government would request India that Pak Army officials, responsible for the genocide in...
1971.12.24, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Post-Surrender Incidents (Immediate)
Pak citizen arrested at Kishanganj From Our Own Correspondent, KISHANGANJ, DEC. 23- In the midnight yesterday police Havildar Zamadar Singh intercepted a Pakistani citizen while he was trying to take shelter in the house of a leading advocate of Kishanganj and...
1971.12.17, Independence, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Sentimental journey The train to East Bengal in nostalgic minds never stopped running. Years rolled by; the vicissitudes of politics gradually weakened the physical and material bonds of thousands of refugees in West Bengal with their sweet homes across the border....
1971.12.17, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Surrender
Terms of surrender “The Pakistani Eastern Command agreed to surrender all Pakistani armed forces in Bangladesh to Lt-Gen. Aurora of the Indian and Bangladesh forces in the eastern theater.” “This surrender includes all Pakistani land, air and naval...
1971.12.23, Newspaper (যুগান্তর), Prisoner of War (POW)
এরা কি শুধুই যুদ্ধবন্দী, না যুদ্ধ-অপরাধী? আজ এই প্রশ্ন খুব স্পষ্টভাবে তােলবার সময় এসেছে যে, বাংলাদেশে যে পাকিস্তানি দস্যুরা আত্মসমর্পণ করেছে তারা সত্যিই নিছক যুদ্ধবন্দী হিসেবে গণ্য হওয়ার যােগ্য কিনা? আমরা জানি ভারত এবং পাকিস্তানের মধ্যে লড়াই হয়েছে এবং সেই লড়াই...
