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Surrender at Dhaka

India · Warfare / Bangladesh Liberation. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971Date range
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Chronological records

1971

Jagjit Singh Aurora16 December 1971

Dhaka · Warfare / Bangladesh Liberation

Jagjit Singh Aurora accepts the surrender of Pakistani forces at Dhaka, ending organized resistance in East Pakistan.

Names involved

Jagjit Singh Aurora

Provenance

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