English Literature – Article ☆ Victory Day Special – Memories of the Victory Day 1971 ☆ Shri Ajeet Singh, Ex-Director (News) Doordarshan
Shri Ajeet Singh
(We present an article ‘Memories of the Victory Day 1971’ written by Shri Ajeet Singh ji, Ex-Director (News), Doordarshan.)
☆ Victory Day Special - Memories of the Victory Day 1971 ☆ Shri Ajeet Singh ☆
Bliss was it to be in the newsroom of All India Radio Simla this day 50 years ago. And it was heaven to be a young Sub-Editor listening to the relay of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing Parliament on the fall of Dhaka garrison after the 16-day long Bangladesh liberation war. Clapping and celebratory gestures erupted as she announced, "Dhaka is now the free capital of a free nation".
Member after member hailed the indian victory over the Pakistani forces. I still remember Srinagar MP Shamim Ahmad Shamim who while congratulating the Prime Minister said, "She has not only created a new history but also a new geography".
It was a bigger bliss for me as I was to read that evening's regional news bulletin as our regular Newsreader veteran Ramkumar Kale had taken ill since...