India and Bangladesh will complete 50 years of “Maitri Diwas” on the 6th December of 2021. Both countries are going to celebrate this day and honour their longstanding friendship. To make this day special, both India and Bangladesh are organizing different types of programs together based on the Bangladesh Liberation War.
According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the names of the winners of the “Logo and Backdrop” designing competition will be announced on December 6. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will release a video message about India-Bangladesh relations and the liberation struggle. On the other side India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will give his views regarding the friendship and development projects of the two countries in the program organized at the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA). The book ‘1971: Rise of a Nation Bangladesh’ will be released at the program and Indian embassies abroad will also take part in distributing this book.
As per reports, President Ram Nath Kovind will also travel to Dhaka on December 16 to attend the golden jubilee celebration of Bangladesh’s 1971 independence following a nine-month long Liberation War.