Dacca, 16 December 1971
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 Para-military 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 order of Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora as soon as this instrument has
been signed. 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 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 Para-military 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.
Sd/-
Sd/-
JAGJIT SINGH AURORA
AMIR ABDULLAH KHAN NIAZI
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
General Officer
Martial law Administrator,
Commanding-in-Chief
Zone B And Commander,
Eastern Command
Eastern Command
(India)
(Pakistan)
16 December 1971
16 December 1971
