279 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ১২৭। যুক্ত বাহিনীর কাছে পাক সামরিক বাহিনীর | উইটনেস টু সারেন্ডারঃ ১৬ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ আত্মসমর্পণের দলিল এবং আত্মসমর্পণের ঘটনাবলীর | সিদিক সালিক ওপর একটি প্রবন্ধ TEXT OF INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER The PAKISTAN Eastern Command agree to surrender all PAKISTAN Armed Forces in BANGLADESH to Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA, General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Indian and BANGLADESH forces in the Eastern Theatre. This surrender includes all PAKISTAN land, air and naval forces as also all paramilitary forces and civil armed forces. These forces will lay down their arms and surrender at the places where they are currently located to the nearest regular troops under the command of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA. The PAKISTAN Eastern Command shall come under the orders of LieutenantGeneral JAGJIT SINGH AURORA as soon as this instrument has been singed. Disobedience of orders will be regarded as a breach of the surrender terms and will be dealt with in accordance with the accepted laws and usages of war. The decision of Lieutenant General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA will be final, should any doubt arise as to the meaning or interpretation of the surrender terms. Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA gives a solemn assurance that personnel who surrender shall be treated with the dignity and respect that soldiers are entitled to in accordance with the provisions of the GENEVA Convention and guarantees the safety and well-being of all PAKISTAN military and paramilitary forces who surrender. Protection will be provided to foreign nationals, ethnic minorities and personnel of WEST PAKISTAN origin by the forces under the command of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA. JAGJIT SINGHAUROR AMIR ABDULLAH KHAN NIAZI Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-General General Officer Commanding in Chief Martial Law Administrator Zone B and Commander Indian and Bangladesh Forces in Eastern Command the Eastern Theatre (Pakistan) 16 December 1971 16 December 1971 SURRENDER Major-General Rahim, who sustained minor injuries while fleeing from Chandpur, was convalescing at General Farman's residence after initial medical treatment. He lay in a secluded part of the house. Farman was with him. It was 12 December, the ninth day of all-out war. Their minds naturally turned to the most crucial subject of the day: Is Dacca defensible? They had a frank exchange of opinion. Rahim was convinced that cease-fire alone was the answer. Farman was surprised to hear this suggestion from
