Month: June 2025

LIFE IN 1965 AND TODAY: FROM CHARPOYS TO CAPPUCCINOS

LIFE IN 1965 AND TODAY: FROM CHARPOYS TO CAPPUCCINOS

India in the 60s was a nation coming out of social inequity, large scale poverty and deprivation, with industrial growth
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PAKISTAN ARMY PERSPECTIVE: 1965 WAR

PAKISTAN ARMY PERSPECTIVE: 1965 WAR

While the narrative of 1965 as seen through Pakistan’s lens is sometimes contentious, the perspectives presented in Pakistani publications serve
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AIR DEFENCE: SHINING JEWEL OF OPERATION SINDOOR

AIR DEFENCE: SHINING JEWEL OF OPERATION SINDOOR

The dastardly attack on innocent civilians on 22 April 25, by terrorists in Pahalgam, set into motion a series of
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PAKISTAN’S OPERATION GRAND SLAM: THE BATTLE OF CHHAMB – JAURIAN

PAKISTAN’S OPERATION GRAND SLAM: THE BATTLE OF CHHAMB – JAURIAN

The Battle of Chhamb - Jaurian in September 1965 was the most dangerous Pakistani offensive during the Indo Pak War,
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AIR COMBAT IN JET ERA: THE 1965 INDO-PAK WAR

AIR COMBAT IN JET ERA: THE 1965 INDO-PAK WAR

Six decades have flown past since India’s war with Pakistan in 1965. In the ‘aid-era’ between 1954 and 1965, the
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BATTLE OF DOGRAI – MY COMMANDING OFFICER

BATTLE OF DOGRAI – MY COMMANDING OFFICER

Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Eugene Hayde, MVC was a dauntless leader who led 3 JAT to a series of outstanding epoch-making
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SANT SINGH – THE MAN WHO WALKED UP OP HILL

SANT SINGH – THE MAN WHO WALKED UP OP HILL

The Battle of OP HILL in the Mendhar Sector of Jammu & Kashmir was an epic battle where ‘Regimental Izzat’
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ONE VS FOUR : ALFRED COOKE’S EPIC AIR COMBAT

ONE VS FOUR : ALFRED COOKE’S EPIC AIR COMBAT

The story of Flight Lieutenant Alfred Cooke’s air combat remained untold for many years. While the stories of the Keelors
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARDESHIR BURZORJI TARAPORE, PARAM VIR CHAKRA (POSTHUMOUS)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARDESHIR BURZORJI TARAPORE, PARAM VIR CHAKRA (POSTHUMOUS)

No account of the 1965 war will be complete without recording the valour of Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore, PVC
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CAPTURE OF HAJI PIR: A HISTORIC VICTORY

CAPTURE OF HAJI PIR: A HISTORIC VICTORY

The Indian counter-offensive to Operation Gibraltar led to the capture of the strategically vital Haji Pir Pass. Situated at an
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