Vijay Diwas Parade: Vijay Diwas: BSF organises first-ever parade in Delhi to mark 1971 war victory

The BSF held a first-ever “Vijay Diwas Parade” right here on Saturday to commemorate the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation Conflict that noticed a historic victory of the Indian armed forces towards Pakistan. BSF Director Common Nitin Agrawal took the salute of the ceremonial parade on the Chhawla camp of the border-guarding pressure in southwest Delhi and paid homage on the martyr’s memorial, the pressure mentioned on X.

This was the primary time {that a} full “Vijay Diwas Parade” was held by the Border Safety Power (BSF) on the pressure degree. Earlier, respective battalions and models held their very own occasions to pay tributes to the personnel who laid down their lives through the 1971 battle, a senior officer advised PTI.

The submit on X mentioned solemn tributes had been paid to recollect “the exceptional contribution of BSF through the Bangladesh Liberation Battle, and to honour the victory of Indian Armed Forces within the 1971 Conflict resulting in Liberation of Bangladesh….” The exceptional victory within the battle following the give up of greater than 90,000 Pakistani troopers on December 16, 1971 resulted within the delivery of Bangladesh as an impartial nation.

India commemorates December 16 as Vijay Diwas.

The BSF performed an important position within the battle. Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, whereas commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the battle in 2021, had mentioned “the Border Safety Power performed a important position within the liberation of Bangladesh” and the nation salutes the officers and males whose resolve and valour created historical past in 1971. “In some ways, the expertise of 1971 was its initiation by fireplace. But the distinctive bravery displayed by BSF battalions, each on the japanese and western fronts, contributed to an final result that was in India’s favour.

“None of us can ever neglect the genocidal marketing campaign launched by Pakistani forces towards the folks of Bangladesh in March 1971,” the minister had mentioned in his keynote deal with.

In 2013, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar officiated because the chief visitor of the BSF elevating day on December 1 and recounted what her father — late Jagjivan Ram — used to inform her concerning the pressure.

“In 1971, my father was the defence minister when the Bangladesh Liberation Conflict happened and he would say, ‘If the Military has a contribution to the battle, the position of the BSF in it’s no much less’. He was an important admirer of your bravery and gallantry,” Kumar had mentioned on the Chhawla camp.

In keeping with official information, a complete of 125 BSF personnel had been killed and 392 injured whereas 133 had been reported lacking after the battle.

The about-2.65-lakh-personnel-strong pressure was raised in 1965 and it’s primarily tasked with guarding necessary Indian fronts with Bangladesh on the east and with Pakistan on the nation’s western flank.