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Detailed explanation-1: -Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday celebrated the 47th Victory Day commemorating the day when Pakistan surrendered and Bangladesh emerged as a new country, ending the decades-long rule of West Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The nation on Friday celebrated 52nd Victory Day paying rich tributes to the freedom fighters that made supreme sacrifices to free the nation from the clasp of Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Victory Day, an improved diet will also be served in prisons, hospitals, old homes, and orphanages across the country, he said. On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani occupation forces launched a brutal onslaught on the Bengalis and committed genocide on the unsuspecting, unarmed people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The surrender took place at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, Joint Commander of Indian and Bangladesh Forces, signed the instrument amid thousands of cheering crowds at the racecourse.

Detailed explanation-5: -Victory day is celebrated on December 16 to commemorate the victory of the allied forces over the Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.