Vijay Diwas 2023: To commemorate the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War on Saturday (December 16), the Border Security Force (BSF) held a first-ever “Vijay Diwas Parade” in New Delhi. At the border-guarding drive’s Chhawla camp in southwest Delhi, BSF Director General Nitin Agrawal took the salute in the course of the ceremonial procession and paid respects on the martyr’s memorial.
Full ‘Vijay Diwas Parade’
This was the primary time {that a} full “Vijay Diwas Parade” was held by the BSF on the drive stage. Earlier, respective battalions and models held their very own occasions to pay tributes to the personnel who laid down their lives in the course of the 1971 war, a senior officer advised information company PTI.Â
“Paying solemn tributes to the remarkable contribution of BSF during the Bangladesh Liberation Struggle, and to honour the victory of Indian Armed Forces in the 1971 War leading to Liberation of Bangladesh,” a put up learn on the official web page of the BSF.Â
BSF performed key position in Vijay Diwas
India commemorates December 16 as Vijay Diwas. The outstanding victory in the war following the give up of greater than 90,000 Pakistani troopers on December 16, 1971 resulted in the delivery of Bangladesh as an impartial nation. The BSF performed an important position in the war.Â
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, whereas commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the war in 2021, had mentioned “The Border Security Force played a critical role in the liberation of Bangladesh” and the nation salutes the officers and males whose resolve and valour created historical past in 1971.
“In many ways, the experience of 1971 was its initiation by fire. Yet the exceptional bravery displayed by BSF battalions, both at the eastern and western fronts, contributed to an outcome that was in India’s favour. “None of us can ever neglect the genocidal marketing campaign launched by Pakistani forces towards the folks of Bangladesh in March 1971,” the minister had mentioned in his keynote deal with.
According to official information, a complete of 125 BSF personnel have been killed in motion and 392 injured whereas 133 have been reported lacking after the war. The about-2.65-lakh-personnel-strong drive was raised in 1965 and it’s primarily tasked with guarding essential Indian fronts with Bangladesh on the east and with Pakistan on the nation’s western flank.
Tribute to fallen troopers at War MemorialÂ
Earlier on the day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande, IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, and Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar paid their respects to the fallen troopers on the National War Memorial. MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt additionally paid tribute to the fallen troopers on the National War Memorial on the event of Vijay Diwas.Â
(With inputs from companies)
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