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Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora, PVSM (13 February 1916 – 3 May 2005) was an Indian Army General Officer who was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command during the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Dec 16, 2021 · Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora was the man before whom Pakistan’s Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi signed historical accord of unconditional surrender in war of 1971.
Feb 13, 2019 · New Delhi: One of the lasting images that have kept Lt Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora alive in India’s memory is a picture of the tall, turbaned figure sitting next to a grim and shaken Pakistani Lt Gen. A.A.K. Niazi who signed the instrument of surrender on 16 December 1971.
Dec 16, 2021 · Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, GOC-in-C Eastern Command, talks to jawans and officers at Comilla in Bangladesh during the war on December 8, 1971 (Source: PIB) As a young diplomat, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta was sent to newly-liberated Bangladesh in 1972, and he lived and worked at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka for two years.
Dec 15, 2016 · India Pakistan war: Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, GOC-in-C Eastern Command, talks to jawans and officers at Comilla in Bangladesh during the war on December 8, 1971 (Source: PIB) On June 20, 1947, the Bengal legislative assembly voted overwhelmingly to break away from India.
Lieutenant general Jagjit Singh Aurora (retd), the decorated three stars general, who had many firsts to his credit, was considered an epitome of civilized behaviour, man of spotless integrity...
May 6, 2005 · Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, known as the architect of the 1971 war with Pakistan that led to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation, died on Tuesday in a military hospital here. He...
Nov 26, 2023 · In the iconic moment portrayed in history books, General J.S. Aurora is seen looking towards his defeated Pakistani foe Lt. Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, but there is no victorious sigh on his face. General Aurora’s face shows just the matter-of-fact look of a soldier who has accomplished his mission: Pakistan’s surrender.
Dec 31, 1996 · In New Delhi's insane traffic, it was a routine touch-and-go accident when an old couple's car hit a motorcyclist. A well-dressed Sikh stepped out to pacify the gathering crowd. "I am Jagjit Singh Aurora, and you may collect the repair charges from my house," he implored.
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora, PVSM (13 February 1916 – 3 May 2005) was an Indian Army General Officer who was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command during the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
