Editing Unconditional surrender (section)

===Bangladesh War of Independence===
[[File:1971 Instrument of Surrender.jpg|thumb|right|Signing of [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender]] by Lt.Gen. [[A. A. K. Niazi]] in the presence of Indian military officers]]
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On 16 December 1971, Lt. Gen [[A. A. K. Niazi]], [[Commanding Officer|CO]] of Pakistan Armed Forces located in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) signed the [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|Instrument of Surrender]] handing over the command of his forces stationed in East Pakistan to the Indian Army under [[Jagjit Singh Aurora|General Jagjit Singh Aurora]]. This led to the surrender of 93,000 personnel including families of the Pakistan's East Command and cessation of hostilities between the Pakistani Armed Forces and the Indian Armed Forces along with the guerrilla forces, the [[Mukti Bahini]].

The signing of this unconditional surrender document gave [[ Geneva convention |Geneva Convention]] guarantees for the safety of the surrendered soldiers and completed the [[Bangladesh War of Independence|independence of Bangladesh]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}