Around 5 decades later, 1971 India-Pak war memorial coming up in Tripura

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Nov 15 : After around 50 years, the Tripura government has undertaken a Rs 4.83 crore project to construct a war memorial on the city outskirts to commemorate the 1971 India-Pakistan war, resulting in the creation of Bangladesh.
The work on the new war memorial at Lichubagan park began around three months ago and is likely to be completed in another 9-10 months,” Agartala Smart City Project (ASCP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shailesh Kumar Yadav told IANS.
He said that at the Post Office Chowmuhani in the middle of the state capital Agartala was a war memorial that housed one battle tank and one artillery gun captured from East Pakistan during the 1971 war.
On Sunday, these were shifted to the Lichubagan park where the Albert Ekka war memorial is coming up.
“The Army also had a small war memorial at Lichubagan, dedicated to the martyrs of the 1971 war. Lance Naik Albert Ekka was awarded Param Vir Chakra for the battle of Gangasagar (in Bangladesh along India’s Tripura), which was a part of the 1971 war theatre. He saved Agartala from getting captured by Pakistani forces.” A replica of the existing 40-feet victory pillar at the post office Chowmuhani has been constructed at the Lichubagan park,” said Yadav, who is also the West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector.