How Pakistan surrendered in 1971

December 16, 2020 15:02

Lieutenant General Ashoke K Chatterjee, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, speaks to Claude Arpi about the 1971 Bangladesh operations and his participation in the Surrender in Dacca.

General Chatterjee was then a young officer from the Sikh Light Infantry posted in the Eastern Command in Kolkata.

He had the privilege to accompany Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, the Eastern Army Commander, to Dacca for the surrender of the East Pakistan forces led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi, the last governor of East Pakistan and commander of the Eastern Command of the Pakistan army.

General Chatterjee's direct boss was Major General 'Jack' Farj Rafael Jacob, the Chief of Staff of the Eastern Command.

Read the fascinating first-hand account here

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