BD New Delhi mission celebrates Armed Forces Day

23 November 2022

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City Desk :
Bangladesh Armed Forces Day was celebrated in Bangladesh mission in New Delhi on Monday amid festivity and enthusiasm marking the founding anniversary of the forces comprising army, navy and air force.
On this day during the War of Liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Armed Forces came into being and launched an all-out attack on the Pakistani occupation forces which ultimately brought independence for Bangladesh.
Since the country's independence, this historic day is observed as the Armed Forces Day every year.
 To mark the day, the High Commission premises was decorated with colourful lights, banners and festoons apart from hosting a reception for the dignitaries at Bangabandhu Hall of the Chancery.
Lieutenant General Tarun Kumar Aich, DG, Military Intelligence of Indian Army attended the ceremony as the chief guest along with many war veterans of Indian Armed Forces, diplomats of different countries and Defence Advisers and Attaches based in Delhi, reports BSS.