During the Liberation War, Major General Gandharv Nagra took over the Command of 101 Communication Zone on 5 December after General Gurbaksh Singh Gill was wounded. He advanced and liberated Kamalpur, Bakshiganj, Jamalpur and Tangail with 95 Brigade group and members of the Mukti Bahini from Sector 11. He reached near Mirpur Bridge in the evening of 15 December, 1971. On 16 December at 11:00 am, he sent a letter to Lt. General A A K Niazi asking him to surrender. Accompanied by a small number of soldiers, he entered the Command Post of General Niazi and convinced him to surrender. In recognition of his war tactics and bravery, Major General (Retd.) Gandharv Nagra is awarded Friends of Liberation War Honour (Posthumous).