- Born
- February 13, 1916
- Died
- May 3, 2005 (aged 89)
- Known as
- politician
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, PVSM was an Indian senior military officer who was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command during the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He organised and led the ground forces campaign in the Eastern Front of the war, which led to an overwhelming defeat of the combined Pakistan Armed Forces in East-Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
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