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548 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড There's a stream of reports of the galantry of the Pakistanis throwing back hords of Indian troops and exacting heavy casualties. This then is the frame of mind the mood of the people in West Pakistan, all unsuspecting may be of the possibility that Dacca could fall and then it's difficult to assess what the shocked reaction could be. ১৯ | DESPATCH FROM DACCA 17th December, 1971 by Granville Walts of Reuters I rode into the East Pakistan capital aboard a tank in front of an Indian general's jeep today as the victorious Indian Army entered the fallen city. The capital erupted with huge crowds greeting the Indian tropps, throwing flowers, shaking and shouting: "Long —live India-Bangladesh friendship." Here Brigadier Mishra, commander of the crack 37th Division, joined others in greeting the arrival of Indian VIP's, including Lieutenant General Aurora. India's commander in the East, in a string of ten Indian helicopters. Amid scenes of increasing joy and noise the General and a procession of Indian army, navy and air force chiefs, headed for the race course in the centre of Dacca, where the surrender was formally signed, in the simple ceremony which was held at the spot where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Awami League leader, made his famous Bangladesh freedom speech prior to the army crackdown last March. The absence of Sheikh Mujib was the one bad thing that spoiled the night's festivities here for most Bengalis