'Thinking to separate East Pak began after 1965 war'

Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla on Saturday said the thinking to separate East Pakistan from the West, actively started after the 1965 Indo-Pak war, with a principal reason to stop Pakistan's ISI's......

When Pakistan SURRENDERED to India

'There was plenty of pushing, pulling and jostling going on as everyone wanted to see what was going on at the table.' IMAGE: 4.32 pm, December 16, 1971. Lieutenant General A A K Niazi, 2.,......

How the Soviet Union Helped India Win the 1971 War

It is a timely reminder that when faced with twin threats, India has succeeded by wisely choosing allies, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, Prime......

One general salutes another

Lieutenant General J F R Jacob served with Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora on the eastern front in the 1971 war. General Jacob made the arrangements for the surrender ceremony in Dhaka,......