The Critical Indian

The Liberation War On 16 December 1971, Pakistan conceded defeat to the Indian forces. A short war that concluded within a fortnight with more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendering as prisoners of war in Dhaka (previously called Dacca). This was byfar the largest post WWII surrender. To add to the insult, the territory of East Pakistan seceded and a new nation—Bangladesh was carved on the world map. In the present day, that's more or less how we remember 1971—when the two South East Asian arch-rival nations India & Pakistan went to war. While Pakistan marks this as a black day, on the contrary for the Indians its a moment of pride and an occasion to cherish the valor of their victorious forces. Ironically, neither pays heed to the sufferings, the butchery and perhaps the most inhumane treatment meted to those on whose carcasses the foundation of Bangladesh was laid. The fallen and forgotten Bengalis (both Hindus and Muslims) of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Perhaps, jus