मराठी बाणा(28/4/20)

1971  A 13 Day War (The final chapter) _________________________________________________ Within the timespan of over less than a fortnight (13 days) Pakistan had been terribly hitted by Indian Army , Navy , Airforce. But due to American intervention India had to wind-up the war with an impact. Here it is how India made Pakistan surrender in that crisis situation. 1. The Bold Move Till 14/12/1971 the war was only limited upto the respective borders,but on that India took a bold step and attacked on the                "Pakistani Governor's house in Lahore ". As result Pakistan's courage was torn apart. On 15/12/1971 Sam Manekshaw wrote to Pakistani Maj.General-A.K.Niyazi :" There will be ceasefire from our side only when your army surrenders." The Commander in Chief of the Eastern frontier Jagjit Singh Arora who operated from Kolkata, ordered Maj.Gen.Jacob for the preparations regarding the surrender. While Mr.J...

1971 A 13 day war (First half) _______________________________________________   By August 1947,India a completely secular nation along with Pakistan,a complete Islamic State,came into the limelight of the world map. M.K.Gandhi & Md.Ali.Jinnah were thereafter recognised as "Father of the Nation" of India & Pakistan respectively. Describing Gandhiji, historians said," He was a religious person,with ideology of a secular nation." While describing Jinnah they said ,"He was a secular person, with ideology of a religious nation." The geography of Pakistan wasn't continuous,it was divided into The East Pakistan & The West Pakistan, seperated by the 1600km long Indian corridor. Right from independence both nations fought 4 battles namely in year- 1947 , 1965 , 1971 & 1999. But none of the battle fascinates me more than the battle of 1971. The 1971 Indo-Pak war doesn't deal only with the fastest victory of India over P...