Year: 2021

THE FIERCELY FOUGHT BATTLES OF HILLI AND BOGRA

THE FIERCELY FOUGHT BATTLES OF HILLI AND BOGRA

There were several intense battles fought during the Indo Pak war, but the Battles of Hilli were fiercely fought over
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NABHA AKAL HOLDS ON AT GARIBPUR

NABHA AKAL HOLDS ON AT GARIBPUR

14 PUNJAB (NABHA AKAL) came under heavy shelling and air attacks, but resiliently staved off a Pakistani Brigade counter attack
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DOGFIGHT OVER DHAKA

DOGFIGHT OVER DHAKA

After the Pakistani Air Attacks on the evening of 03 December 1971, the Indian Air Force (IAF) responded with full
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DHAKA IN HIS SIGHTS General Sagat Singh’s Disruptive Tempo

DHAKA IN HIS SIGHTS General Sagat Singh’s Disruptive Tempo

Lieutenant General Sagat Singh has rightly been credited as the operational level architect, who engineered the collapse of the Pakistan
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THE DUO AT THE HELM – Mrs G and Sam

THE DUO AT THE HELM – Mrs G and Sam

The author has put together some interesting incidents from the lives of the two main leaders of the 1971 War. 
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FROM FENI TO CHITTAGONG

FROM FENI TO CHITTAGONG

Chittagong was the second major city in East Pakistan and its main port, but was on a limb on the
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BATTLE OF CHHAMB 1971 A Panoramic Turret View from a Chhamb Knight Tank

BATTLE OF CHHAMB 1971 A Panoramic Turret View from a Chhamb Knight Tank

This is a brief recollect which draws a condensed, edited battle account from the book “The Little Giant Stands Tall”
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MOMENTOUS TIMES WITH MANEKSHAW : An Aide Recalls

MOMENTOUS TIMES WITH MANEKSHAW : An Aide Recalls

Brigadier Behram Panthaki, who was his ADC, shares interesting anecdotes of the Field Marshal.    In early 1966, the Government
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THE SYLHET HELIBORNE OPERATION

THE SYLHET HELIBORNE OPERATION

The Sylhet Heliborne operation was the first heliborne operation after independence executed during war by the Indian Armed Forces. The
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