Celebrating 50th anniversary of 1971 war, Bangladesh military marches on Rajpath

As New Delhi and Dhaka have fun the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Liberation War, a 122-member tri-Service contingent of Bangladesh marched on Rajpath on the Republic Day parade. It had troopers drawn from the models of that 12 months.

“The majority of the troopers on this contingent hail from probably the most distinguished models of the Bangladesh Army comprising 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11 East Bengal Regiment and 1, 2 and three Field Artillery Regiment. These models have the distinct honour of preventing and profitable the Liberation War,” an official stated.

The contingent, led by Lt. Col. Abu Mohammed Shahnoor Shawon and his deputies, Lieutenant Farhan Ishraq and Flight Lieutenant Sibat Rahman, carried with it the legacy of legendary Muktijoddhas of Bangladesh, their forefathers who fought towards oppression, mass atrocities by tyrannical forces and for the liberty of Bangladesh, the official said.

The Bangladesh Navy had efficiently carried out “Operation Jackpot” throughout the conflict, destroying 26 enemy ships in sea ports and river ports. The Bangladesh Air Force carried out 50 profitable strikes on the enemy targets as half of “Kilo Flight” from the bottom in Dimapur, India.

The contingent arrived in Delhi in an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane on January 12 and was quarantined until January 19, after which they started practising for the parade. The contingent is scheduled to go to locations of historic significance in Agra and Ajmer on January 28 and 29 earlier than their departure on January 30

Coinciding with the diamond jubilee of the 1971 conflict and likewise 50 years of the institution of ties, New Delhi and Dhaka have agreed to carry a collection of commemorative occasions all year long. It is these fraternal ties between the 2 international locations that make the relations transcend even a strategic partnership.

Evocative second

As a adorned veteran, many off whose colleagues’ blood are combined with the soil and waters of Bangladesh, seeing a contingent of an impartial Bangladesh Army marching down Rajpath was a really emotional and evocative second for Maj. Chandrakant Singh, VrC and creator of Cavalier within the Sky ( biography of conflict icon Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh).

“For me to see the Bangladesh Army main our Republic Day parade on Rajpath was a heart-warming expertise, as a result of 50 years in the past, my battalion, 4 Guards, paraded earlier than ‘Bangabandhu’ Shiekh Mujibur Rahman on March 12, 1972 to commemorate the return to Indians after the profitable completion of our mission,” Maj. Singh stated.

In 2017, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina honoured Indian troopers who took half within the conflict throughout her go to to India, Maj. Singh stated, he introduced {a photograph} of ‘Bangabandhu’ taking the salute of their unit’s parade in Dhaka in 1972 and the parade programme, which he had personally signed, to her. Maj. Singh recalled that on seeing the programme, Ms. Hasina agreed to place her signature on it. “While doing this, she turned very sentimental and remarked that that is the doc which has each her father’s and her signature,” Maj. Singh said.

At the parade, the Indian Navy’s tableau depicted its assault with missile boats on the Karachi harbour on the evening of December 4-5, 1971.