Bangladesh Victory Day
Bangladesh Victory Day is held on December 16. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. 
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Victory day is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on 16 December to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the Independence of Bangladesh. It commemorates the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender, wherein the commander of the Pakistani Forces, General AAK Niazi, surrendered to the Mukti Bahini and their Indian allies, ending the nine-month Bangladesh Liberation War and 1971 Bangladesh genocide and marking the official secession of East Pakistan to become the new state of Bangladesh. The celebration of Victory Day has been taking place since 1972.
Victory Day in Bangladesh is a joyous celebration in which popular culture plays a great role. TV and radio stations broadcast special programs and patriotic songs. The day's highlight is the national holiday parade on Dhaka's National Parade Ground, hosted by the Bangladesh Armed Forces and involves personnel from the Bangadelsh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jail and Bangladesh Ansar (a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement).
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Bangabandhu Homecoming Day on January 10 (The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed today in a befitting manner);
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