Akhnoor town is about 30 km from Jammu & 50 km from Pakistan’s Sialkot. The aerial distance is even shorter, making it vulnerable to potential acts of aggression from across the border.
The surrender painting was tangible and factual — a depiction of the armed forces’ finest hour. The replacement painting is steeped in religiosity, mythology, and a feudal past.
In Episode 1574, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the changing face of warfare and how Indian society is still fighting in its mind the wars of the past.
In Episode 1573, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at IAF’s role in supporting ground forces & weakening Pakistan Air Force, which was positioned in the west to delay Indian advance during the war.
At Chief’s annexe in South Block, the painting served as an enduring backdrop to official meet-ups and photographs with dignitaries who visited Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Meant as message to China, painting juxtaposes Hindu iconography with modern military paraphernalia. Veterans slam removal of painting showing 1971 Pakistani surrender.
Experts say its unlikely there was scope for concessions at time of 1971 India-Pakistan war, add there’s no historical precedent for use of PoWs as bargaining chip for capturing enemy land.
Born in Pakistan, Labhshankar Maheshwari is said to have come to India in 1999 with his wife, seeking fertility treatment in the hope of having a child. He got Indian citizenship in 2005.
Even though Pakistan’s PMs keep ending up in prison cells, Imran Khan has shown that civilian leaders aren’t giving up fighting for control of the military.
Unlike many other Indian origin politicians, he has not converted to Christianity or played down his Indian roots. It would be hard for him to do that anyway because his mother Mira Nair is a well-known film director in India.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
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.
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