<span style="color: black;">December 16</span>^{<span style="color: black;">th</span>}<span style="color: black;">&nbsp;is a monumental day in the history of World politics, when in just a span of 13 days a war was fought and a sovereign nation, Bangladesh was born.<br />”<br />”The war also unveiled the real face of Pakistan and atrocities it inflicted on its own people in erstwhile East Pakistan. The 1971 war was a fallout of the oppressive political and economic policies of West Pakistan towards East Pakistan, which caused unimaginable human sufferings leading to the exodus of more than 10 million refugees into India. The military option was exercised by India only when all political and diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue failed.<br />”<br />”The 1971 War is also remembered as one of the shortest duration wars which changed the geo-politics of South Asia. Within three days of the declaration of the War, Indian forces were able to completely ground the Pakistani Air Force.<br />”</span><br />”<span style="color: #222222;">News Services Division of All India Radio in its programme SPOTLIGHT will broadcast a feature on Vijay Diwas tonight. This can be heard on FM Gold Channel and additional frequencies from 9.15 PM onwards. This programme will also be available on our website&nbsp;</span><a href="http://newsonair.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://NEWSONAIR.COM&source=gmail&ust=1608174487874000&usg=AFQjCNH7ftA-sWyxWmIex7xI67lkxksYmw">NEWSONAIR.COM</a><span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;and on our YouTube Channel NEWSONAIROFFICIAL. You can listen to it on our mobile app NEWSONAIR.</span><br />