Article: Indian Army officials to join Bangladesh Independence Day celebrations

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Dhaka, March 26 -- Indian Army officials would join the 37th Independence Day programmes of Bangladesh today for the first time.

Tributes would be paid to martyred war heroes with a pledge to build a prosperous Bangladesh.

In 1971, Bangladesh got independence from Pakistan with the help of India. At least 300,000 people were killed during the liberation war, though other estimates put the figure between one and ...

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