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PM Modi meets 'Muktijoddhas' of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Joydeep Bose
UPDATED ON MAR 26, 2021 05:44 PM IST
Modi is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Genocide by Pak Army in former east Pakistan needs to be globally recognised
ANI | , Dhaka
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2021 05:14 AM IST
The Bangladesh genocide is considered to be the largest and longest since it covers the entire length of the nine-month-long liberation war of Bangladesh.
INS Kulish, Sumedha arrive in Bangladesh to mark 50th anniversary of 1971 war
ANI | , Dhaka
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 04:17 PM IST
According to the Indian Navy, the year 2021 is being celebrated as 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' being the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak war. However, 2021 is also the 50th Year of Independence of Bangladesh.
Celebrating 50 yrs of diplomacy, India-Bangladesh 19th HSLT held virtually today
ANI | , New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 04:19 PM IST
Both countries agreed to enhance the level of cooperation to prevent smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and contraband across borders during the 19th Home Secretary Level Talks (HSLT) on Saturday.
IAF gifts 1971 war helicopter to Bangladesh, gets F-86 fighter as return gift
ANI | , Dhaka
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 03:05 PM IST
- The exchange of aircraft took place in Dhaka during the four day trip of Bhadauria to Bangladesh
Won’t allow anarchy in the name of religion: Sheikh Hasina on ‘Victory Day’
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 02:44 PM IST
Hasina has consistently strived to deny space to religious extremism since she became prime minister in 2009, and in an address to the nation on the occasion of Victory Day, she reminded the people that her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was opposed to making religion a tool of politics
50th anniversary of 1971 India-Pakistan war: All you need to know
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 01:29 PM IST
The 13-day military conflict is one of the shortest wars in history. It ended with a decisive win for India and led to the creation of Bangladesh.
HT PICKS: New reads for the lockdown
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON APR 07, 2020 07:45 PM IST
Beat that ennui with these interesting new releases: A book on six tribes of India, a controversial Bengali writer’s memoir of her early life, and a look at the relationship between India and Pakistan in the half decade immediately after independence
It was unfortunate: IAF officer who shot down Pak maritime jet carrying 16
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sudhi Ranjan Sen
UPDATED ON JUN 13, 2020 05:37 PM IST
The downing of the naval aircraft left five officers and 11 sailors dead — the biggest loss the Pakistani navy suffered in a single day since the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war — and aggravated the tension between the nuclear-armed sub continental rivals.
‘Ensure India’s forces aren’t used for political gains’: Ex-navy chief to EC
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2019 07:26 AM IST
Former chief of naval staff, Admiral L Ramdas (retired), has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) expressing “concern” and “dismay” over what he sees as the misuse of the air strike in Pakistan to “influence the electorate”.
Review: In the Time of the Others by Nadeem Zaman
Hindustan Times | By Lamat R Hasan
UPDATED ON FEB 15, 2019 05:45 PM IST
Set over a period of nine months in 1971, Nadeem Zaman’s debut novel is a fictionalized account of the bloody events that culminated in the creation of Bangladesh
Last R-Day salute at Amar Jawan Jyoti this year?
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sudhi Ranjan Sen
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2019 07:39 AM IST
Remembering fallen soldiers at the Amar Jawan Jyoti started in January 1972, days after Bangladesh was liberated from Pakistan in December 1971. It honours the 3,843 Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was started by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
India hands over helicopter, tanks to Bangladesh as 1971 war memorabilia
Press Trust of India, Dhaka | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 27, 2018 04:56 PM IST
During her Bangladesh visit last year, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had handed over a memorabilia including rifles, guns, mortars, artefact, photographs, clippings and battle records related to the 1971 Liberation War.