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Topic: 1971

Pakistan wants Bangladesh on its side, but history and prejudice stand in the way

The subcontinent's geopolitics is one of history completing a full circle—Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which parted ways from Pakistan, now finds itself uneasy with a Hindu-majority India.

US press doubted our unity, democracy, and ability to survive. Here I am again: Indira Gandhi

On 5 November 1971, at the National Press Club, PM Indira Gandhi spoke about India's resilience, political change, and the burden of the Bangladesh refugee crisis.

No pension, support or commission: How Indian govts have betrayed the real heroes of 1971

The unfair treatment meted out to these war veterans never drew public attention because they were men of honour, who chose to fight their own battles.

Pakistan’s apology to Bangladesh is a thorn in the throat. Neither can move past it

India's CAA and its short-sighted approach towards Muslim populations in the neighbourhood gave Pakistan an opportunity to re-initiate ties with Bangladesh. But it's not enough.

Pakistan’s memory of 1971 is as good as that of Ghajini. It’s both the victim and winner

Why does Pakistan debate this ‘apology to Bangladesh’ question when we have been taught since school that nothing big really happened in 1971?

The ‘12 Days to Dacca’ plan executed by a ‘moth-eaten brigade’ that helped India in 1971

Brigadier H S Kler's ‘12 Days to Dacca’ plan was war-gamed and executed to perfection and sent Pakistani forces on the run.

A Pakistani daughter on getting to know IAF MiG pilot who shot down her father’s F-104 in 1971

Every year we celebrate 1965 but 1971 broke our hearts, our spirits, says Lesley Ann Middlecoat, daughter of Wing Commander Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat of PAF.

The 50-year hunt for the Indian Flight Lieutenant who went ‘missing’ in 1971

In '1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories' Rachna Bisht Rawat collects tales of extraordinary courage and fortitude of the Indian armed forces.

Pakistan lost the 1971 war, but its project of Islamist violence won the larger conflict

What did India gain from 1971 victory? It now faces a country with an uncertain future in the East and a Pakistan that is ever more committed to using violence.

I could serve the Indian Army thanks to IAF ‘bounce’ party 50 years ago

Had it not been for the ‘spirits’ of the Indian Air Force, I would not be here to tell you this story.

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Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.