Vijay Diwas: PM Modi pays tribute at National War Memorial

New Delhi: India and Pakistan have completed 50 years on the Wednesday of the War and India Victory Day. Today was the result of the war between India and Pakistan in the year 1971. On the world map, on one side, the country emerged, namely Bangladesh.

India has been celebrating Pakistan's crushing defeat and our victory ever since. In this series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lit the Golden Victory Mashal at the National War Memorial in New Delhi and started the year-long programs.

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PM Modi lit Mashal at National War Memorial

On the occasion of Victory Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the National War Memorial in New Delhi, where he lit the Golden Victory Torch and started the year-long programs. During this time, apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat, and Chief of the three Services were present at the National Summer Memorial.

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Let us know that PM Modi lit 4 golden victory torches. Now these torches will be taken to different corners of the country. These include the villages of Paramveer Chakra and Mahavir Chakra winning soldiers of 1971 war.

Significantly, Pakistan started the war with India on 3 December 1971, but due to the indomitable valor of Indian soldiers, Pakistan had to kneel in just 13 days. The war between the two countries took place over the eastern part of Pakistan. At that time, Pakistan was under the rule of military dictator Yahia Khan and was engaged in suppression of the people living in the eastern part of his own country.

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