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Rehearsal underway for Navy Day celebrations at the Shanghumugham beach in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.

Navy Day 2025: Story of Operation Trident, the 1971 Bangladesh War operation commemorated today

December 04, 2025 2:27 pm

Navy Day 2025, Indian Navy Bangladesh War: What was Operation Trident, which led to Navy Day subsequently being observed on December 4?

On Simla Agreement’s 53rd anniversary, 1971 war survivors remember detention days in Pak, homecoming: 'All hopes to return were lost but..'

July 03, 2025 10:20 am

During the 1971 war, hundreds of civilians from border villages in Punjab’s Fazilka district were detained by Pakistan. Decades later, their memories remain vivid, but the struggle for basic amenities continues.

Support for war shows our alienation and longing for meaning

June 27, 2025 5:45 pm

To counteract the seductive power of war, societies need to address not just the material roots of discontent but also deeper philosophical and emotional voids

When Indian MPs scored a diplomatic win in 1971

May 25, 2025 10:03 am

The efforts of MPs combined with the diplomatic outreach by the government would contribute to several countries sending parliamentary delegations to India.

Land allotment: Bombay HC slams revenue authorities for ‘harassing’ ex-armyman injured in 1971 war

May 14, 2025 10:24 am

On May 9, the HC noted that it was “being misled and/or taken to a ride at the hands of the revenue officers in Raigad district”

India goalkeeper Suraj Karkera with war veteran Ian Cardozo and his wife Priscilla at their home in New Delhi.

Hockey: How a 1971 India-Pakistan war hero inspired a goalkeeper's return to national team

March 05, 2025 12:57 pm

For Cardozo, whose leg had to be amputated on the battlefield during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, meeting Suraj Karkera was a chance to reconnect with a sport he had grown up playing.

The Command Museum inside Fort William in Kolkata: Photo credit: Neha Banka

Inside Kolkata’s Fort William, a military museum that tells many stories—from colonial Bengal to India-Pak War of 1971

December 16, 2024 12:00 pm

As the Indian Army’s Command Museum in Fort William commemorates Vijay Diwas today, a look at the only museum dedicated to military history in West Bengal.

Army personnel during a rehearsal ahead of Vijay Diwas 2024 celebrations, in Kolkata, Wednesday. (PTI)

Vijay Diwas 2024: Know the date, history, significance and more

December 16, 2024 9:53 am

Vijay Diwas 2024 Date and History: On December 16, 1971, Pakistani General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, the commander of the Pakistani forces, formally surrendered to the combined forces of India and the Mukti Bahini of Bangladesh.

Vijay Diwas, anniversary of 1971 war victory, marked by Army's Southern Command

December 17, 2022 10:53 am

The battle of Longewala, fought in the Thar desert, was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the war, which led to the creation of Bangladesh.

Vijay Diwas: Two 1971 war heroes go down memory lane

December 17, 2022 8:35 am

Lieutenant General Kuldeep Singh Brar (Retd) and Wing Commander Azeez-ur-Rahman (Retd) share stories of their role in India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war.

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Vijay Diwas: India salutes brave soldiers of Bangladesh war

December 16, 2021 1:45 pm

A 122-member strong tri services contingent from India took part in the Victory Day Parade in Dhaka, which was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind and his Bangladesh counterpart M Abdul Hamid.

Rehearsals in full swing for Beating Retreat and Tattoo ceremony

December 05, 2018 8:33 am

India celebrates Navy Day on 4th December to celebrate Navy's role in 1971 Indo-Pakistan war when missile boats carried out a daring attack on Karachi harbour