AGARTALA, Dec 16 (TIWN): To commemorate the celebration of the Bijoy Diwas on Wednesday, a day long programme is organised in Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office at Agartala. As a part of the program, the day began with the hoisting of national flag of Bangladesh at sharp 8.30 AM and also paid floral tribute to the portrait of Banga Bandhu in the premises of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office at Agartala.

However, a discussion meet on the history of Muktijuddha will also be organised at Bangladesh deputy high Commission office in the evening.  Veteran Scribe Satyabrata Chaktaborty, renowned authors Swapan Bhattacharjee and Dr. Asish Kumar Baidya is scheduled to remain present in the program.

Deputy High commissioner Mohammad Sakhawat Hussein would preside over the meeting.  Discussions, cultural functions and a get-together of people from various walks of life were arranged as part of a day-long programme is organised to celebrate the day.
Vijay Diwas is celebrated on Wednesday in Tripura to commemorate brave soldiers of the Indian Army who laid down their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
The Instrument of Surrender was signed by the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces on Dec 16, 1971, bringing the war for liberation of Bangladesh to an end.

A wreath laying ceremony was organised at the War Memorial in Lichu Bangan, near here, and in the capital city Agartala.
On the occasion, India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials and troopers exchanged sweets at various locations on the international border.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, 10 million men, women and children from then East Pakistan took shelter in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya.

The Liberation War, as it is called in Bangladesh, later turned into a full-scale India-Pakistan war, leading to surrenders of thousands of Pakistani soldiers in December 1971.

India was the first country to recognise Bangladesh.