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Historical Event on 12/16/1971
Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
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| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 11/15/1991 | Import curbs on capital goods relaxed. |
| 12/17/1877 | Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 8/25/1963 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away. |
| 8/19/1910 | Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala. |
| 6/30/1986 | Mizoram became the state of India. |
| 2/14/1891 | Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam. |
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