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Topic1971 Bangladesh War

Topic: 1971 Bangladesh War

The 44 Squadron ‘Mighty Jets’, harbinger of IAF’s strategic lift, celebrates diamond jubilee

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Raised in 1961, the squadron was awarded prestigious ‘Battle Honour’ during the 1971 war and remains only non-fighter or bomber squadron to receive such a title.

A walk around National War Memorial to read 8 stories of heroism on 51st anniversary of 1971 war

Suchet Vir Singh -
ThePrint walks around the National War Memorial at India Gate in New Delhi & looks back at the stories of those who sacrificed their lives in the war and were awarded top gallantry medals.

Bangladesh PM Hasina remembers ‘Indian brothers who sacrificed lives’ for her country’s freedom

ANI -
Hasina and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday felicitated the descendants of Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

‘You can’t suppress us’—how Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib fought for Bangladesh’s identity, dignity

Dishha Bagchi -
As battered as Bangladesh was after the 1971 liberation war, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was not one to give up. He put his nation on the global map.

New book reveals how history’s deadliest cyclone sparked Bangladesh Liberation War

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Vortex’ by Scott Carney and Jason Miklian will be released on 21 June on ThePrint’s SoftCover.

‘Just kill 20,000 Bengalis’: Zulfikar Bhutto’s advice to Yahya Khan before 1971 war

Scott Carney -
In their book 'The Vortex', Scott Carney and Jason Miklian depict a real-life picture of circumstances that preceded the 1971 Bangladesh war.

‘No one wants to be the last man to die’ — What happened on final day of 1971 Bangladesh War

K.S. Nair -
In ‘December in Dacca’, KS Nair writes about 15 December 1971, when the end of the war was in sight, but by no means certain.

New book looks at India’s role in Bangladesh Liberation War & its ‘little-known aspect’

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘December in Dacca’ by K.S. Nair will be released on 18 April on Softcover.

Why my Pakistani grandfather Col Ali went back to Dhaka to apologise for 1971

Meher Ali -
In ‘Bangladesh: Writings on 1971, Across Borders’, Meher Ali writes about her grandfather being deployed to Dhaka and Pakistan’s ‘collective amnesia’.

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

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Brigadier H S Kler's ‘12 Days to Dacca’ plan was war-gamed and executed to perfection and sent Pakistani forces on the run.
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Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

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So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

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Economy

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

Moushumi Das Gupta -
New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Defence

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

Moushumi Das Gupta -
New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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