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Topic1965 war

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Rs 30,000 pension soon for men who fought in 1965, 1971 wars but didn’t get absorbed in Army

2,000 short-service & emergency commissioned officers played big roles in India-Pakistan wars. Army Commanders' Conference discussed a pension scheme for them.

India remembers 1965 PVC winner Abdul Hamid, and here’s how many Pattons he really smashed

Even govt authorities & Army can’t agree on how many Pakistani Patton tanks Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid ‘killed’ before his death on 10 Sept 1965.

Pakistan’s stock market to stop trading tomorrow to mark start of 1965 war with India

The move to repeatedly suspend trading on the bourse is part of Imran Khan’s wider strategy of attempting to harden international opinion against India.

Why the Pakistani deep state sponsors terrorism in India

Peace with India would be very expensive for the Pakistani army and come in the way of its idea of Pakistan.

When mule-drivers, villagers and NCC cadets hunted down elite Pakistani paratroopers

The amazing thing is how this is a chapter in the 1965 war where chroniclers of both sides agree. Both say the operation was...

Why Pakistan is so desperate to claim 1965 war a ‘victory’ with annual 6 Sept parades

Because it’s the only war it didn’t lose to India. It was a stalemate, with both tired sides short of firepower, ideas and nerve. Some...

India and Pakistan both know that 1965 was a War of Mutual Incompetence

If there is anything this war proved, it is that nothing can be achieved through war. Certainly, no war leads to permanent or lasting peace.

“Fly in peace, Sir!” A tribute to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh

Arjan Singh had an imposing personality, coupled with a genial and relaxed demeanour toward both juniors and colleagues.

1965 in 2005

The Pakistani assault in 1965 was brilliant in conception and initiation but all this turned into suicidal stupidity in the euphoria of initial successes.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.