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The IAF officer participated in the 1965 and 1971 wars and was also involved in Indian peacekeeping missions. He was commissioned into the Air Force in 1956 and witnessed firsthand the remarkable moment when 93,000 Pakistani soldiers laid down their arms before Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora. In the historic photograph of the 1971 victory, Ojha is seen looking over the shoulders of Air Marshal Hari Chand Diwan and Lieutenant General Sagat Singh.
On 16 December 1971, Pakistan surrendered to the Indian Army with 92 thousand soldiers. Those pictures of surrender are recorded as an important chapter in the pages of history. That victory of 1971 was the most special victory of the Indian Army. In that battle, all three wings of the Indian Army – Navy, Army and Air Force – had given a befitting reply to the Pakistani attack. A reply in which Pakistan had to surrender within 14 days. An eye-watering news related to the 1971 war came to light. Wing Commander MB Ojha (Retd), a 1971 war veteran and one of the officers in the iconic photograph of the Pakistani Army’s surrender in Bangladesh, passed away in Raipur recently. He was 89 years old.
The IAF officer participated in the 1965 and 1971 wars and was also involved in Indian peacekeeping missions. He was commissioned into the Air Force in 1956 and witnessed firsthand the remarkable moment when 93,000 Pakistani soldiers laid down their arms before Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora. The historic photograph of the 1971 victory shows Ojha looking over the shoulders of Air Marshal Hari Chand Diwan and Lieutenant General Sagat Singh while Lieutenant General Arora signs the instrument of surrender to Pakistan General AAK Niazi on December 16, 1971 Are visible.
After independence, India fought many battles but only one was decisive which was the 1971 war against Pakistan. The result was that on 16 December 1971, more than 90 thousand soldiers of Pakistan had to surrender and the map of Pakistan changed.
