The Eastern Command is one of the six operational commands of the Indian Army. It is headquartered in Vijay Durg in the city of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal. The Eastern Command was formed on 1
Pakistan's Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Lt. Gen. J. S. Aurora, the head of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, on 16 December 1971, in Dhaka.