Author: Anisur Rahman
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: February 3, 2010
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/233306/Dhaka-to-honour-Indian-soldiers-killed-in-1971-Liberation-War.html
Bangladesh would honour the Indian Army for
its key role in the country's 'Liberation War' against Pakistan by inscribing
the names of Indian soldiers killed in the 1971 military operation at a special
memorial in the heart of the capital.
Bangladesh will seek a list of martyred Indian
soldiers in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan in a bid to honour them
by inscribing their names at a memorial at Suhrawardy Udyan park, Tajul Islam,
the State Minister of Liberation War Affairs, said on Tuesday.
"We are yet to know how many Indian soldiers
lost their lives in our Liberation War. We will soon seek a list through the
Foreign Ministry," Islam told reporters. He said the names of the martyred
Indian soldiers would be inscribed at the memorial. "Bangladesh will
never forget India's role in 1971 war," he underlined. The announcement
to honour the Indian soldiers came as a visiting military delegation led by
Lt-Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, the next chief of the Indian Army, called on Islam
at his office.
Lt-Gen Singh, currently Eastern Army Command
chief at Kolkata, will take over as the next Army chief from General Deepak
Kapoor on March 31. Bangladesh won its independence after nine months of bloody
struggle with the Pakistani military with crucial Indian support.
