New Delhi: Lt Gen J F R Jacob (retd), who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka in 1971, passed away on Wednesday.

Jacob, who was 92, breathed his last on Wednesday morning after prolonged illness, Indian army sources said.

Born in 1923, Jacob is best known for his heroic role in Bangladesh's War of Liberation in1971.

Jacob, then a Major General, served as the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command during the war.

Born in the Bengal Presidency under British India, Jacob joined the army at the age of 19 and also fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 before he retired in 1978.

Post retirement, he also served as the Governor of west Indian state of Goa and north Indian state of Punjab.