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Topic1971 Bangladesh War

Topic: 1971 Bangladesh War

Bangladesh has discarded secular 1971, gone back to Islamic 1947. Polls won’t end this fight

The idea of an Islamic East Bengal was preached only by orthodox groups. Now, intellectuals, activists and even some Leftist politicians hark back to 1947.

All wars must have an ‘end’. Lessons from Bangladesh, Ukraine to Israel

If the ends — the desired aims or outcomes— of war are uncertain or ill-defined, then there is every possibility of getting bogged down in a never-ending and unwinnable battle.

When Bengalis and Bob Dylan staged ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ to highlight genocide

In 'India's Secret War', Ushinor Majumdar talks about how BSF soldiers were the first to experience the violence in Bengal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

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.