East Pakistan

Vijay Diwas: How General Manekshaw's sage advice and Indian Army’s tactical brilliance won the 1971 war with Pakistan

While India defeated Pakistan in just 13 days and helped in the creation of Bangladesh, that swift victory might not have been achieved without the contributions of Indian Army Chief Sam Manekshaw, who among other things bluntly refused then prime minister Indira Gandhi’s push for a monsoon campaign

In Lachit Borphukan's Assam, Muslim population explosion and fanatical plans of Badruddin Ajmal, the new age 'Aurangzeb'

Muslim population explosion is a terrifying reality in Assam and none can deny it

Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slams General Bajwa, says 1971 loss was military failure

General Bajwa had claimed that the breaking away of erstwhile East Pakistan to form Bangladesh was a 'political' failure. He had also claimed that only 34 thousand Pakistan Army soldiers had been taken as prisoners of war (PoW) by India.

Four decades on, 63 Hindu families displaced from East Pakistan get land, houses

Each family was given two acres for agriculture purposes, a residential plot measuring 200 sq metres and a house in Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh

63 Bangladeshi families allotted agricultural, residential land in Uttar Pradesh

These families will also be provided with a residential lease and approval letter under Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojna

The Kashmir Files moment: When communists killed thousands of untouchables in Bengal but no one talked about it

Forty-two years down the line, Marichjhapi is still seeking justice. Like the Pandits of Kashmir, these children of lesser gods have been shabbily treated and their history of genocide completely sanitised

Of war crimes and the Pakistan Army: Where is 1971’s Nuremberg?

Last year marked 50 years of India’s glorious victory in the 1971 war but the humanitarian cause that underpinned India’s war effort never found closure in the years that followed

Bangladesh at 50: Hard democratic realities, unfulfilled secular promises

With the passing of five decades, the prospects for a secular Bangladeshi democracy seem ever-more remote despite the country’s important strides in human development and contributions to international security

From vowing support to diplomatic offensive, how Parliament kept pressure on Indira govt to liberate East Bengal

Parliament was in its Winter Session when Pakistan attacked India on 3 December, 1971. Three days later, Indira would announce the recognition of Bangladesh

Vijay Diwas 2021: Narendra Modi, Amit Shah pay tribute to slain soldiers on 50th Victory Day

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh to attend the country's 50th Victory Day celebrations, presented a replica of the 1971-era MiG 21 aircraft to his counterpart Abdul Hamid