Priyanka Gandhi claims photo of Pak surrender before India removed from Army HQ
Hindustan TimesCongress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed that a photograph of the Pakistan Army surrendering before India in the 1971 war has been removed from the Army headquarters. Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, general officer commanding-in-chief Eastern Command and Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi of the Pakistan army during the signing the surrender documents in Decca on December 16, 1971. He said the removal of the photograph, which commemorates the historic surrender of Pakistani forces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 16, 1971, “is not only troubling but is a direct affront to the historical memory of this monumental event.” According to a PTI report, he urged the central government to "immediately" restore the photograph to its original position. On December 16, 1971, Pakistan Army's AAK Niazi signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka after the 13-day India-Pakistan War.