On this day in 1971, the Pakistani Army surrendered in then East Pakistan, after Indian defence forces successfully completed operations on two fronts.
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Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
It was our war not urs. We would’ve won it as long as the sanctuary was avaliable in Indian soil we r given scant resources but even with that we demoralized the pak army and would’ve won by ourselves. But Indians wanted their pound of flesh. It was and will always be our victory. BTW the sanctuary and scant resources u provided would’ve been provided by anyone based on enemy of my enemy principle.
It was the first time India had acted decisively. But the Pakistani forces who surrendered were responsible for genocide of Bengali people and rape of their women in mass. They were got released without any punishment. Why did India hand over them to Pakistan instead of Bangladesh?
This was the real big victory day for our country. But I don’t think our PM even mentioned it in any of his speeches. Nor was it, by any of the other BJP leaders!
The victory of Indian armed forces was due to the sheer gut and determination of the former pm Mrs Indira Gandhi.
It was our war not urs. We would’ve won it as long as the sanctuary was avaliable in Indian soil we r given scant resources but even with that we demoralized the pak army and would’ve won by ourselves. But Indians wanted their pound of flesh. It was and will always be our victory. BTW the sanctuary and scant resources u provided would’ve been provided by anyone based on enemy of my enemy principle.
It was the first time India had acted decisively. But the Pakistani forces who surrendered were responsible for genocide of Bengali people and rape of their women in mass. They were got released without any punishment. Why did India hand over them to Pakistan instead of Bangladesh?
This was the real big victory day for our country. But I don’t think our PM even mentioned it in any of his speeches. Nor was it, by any of the other BJP leaders!
On an ascending scale, the surgical strikes were 1, this was 1,000.