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1971 War

History

Bangladesh Mukti Diwas: Army won war, Indira lost to Bhutto

Web Desk - December 16, 2023

"Bangladesh Mukti Diwas: Manekshaw won war, Indira lost to Bhutto", Organiser, December 16, 2023: "Till December 16, 1971, we had East Pakistan and West Pakistan...

History

Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh: Not a word of sympathy from Rightist, Leftist or Centrists

Web Desk - December 16, 2023

"Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh: Not a word of sympathy from Rightist, Leftist or Centrists", Organiser, December 16, 2023: "As National Elections in Bangladesh is...

Defence

From error to war: A tale of Nehru’s blunders

Dr. Gautam Sen - March 5, 2023

The second part of the article, Mahatma and Bhagwan Krishna: Winning wars and losing the peace, looks back at the wars of 1962, 1965...

Bangladesh

Pakistan mocks an independent and sovereign Bangladesh

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury - February 26, 2023

On March 26 this year, while Bangladesh will celebrate its 52nd anniversary of independence, policymakers in Pakistan are still continuing to mock liberation of...

History

1971: The Apology question and Pakistan’s army museum

IANS - February 16, 2023

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Momen, on the sidelines of the recent celebrations of Sri Lanka's 75th anniversary of independence, met Pakistan's Minister of State...

History

How a Gujjar woman, Shrimati Mali, saved Poonch from Pakistan

IANS - October 29, 2022

This September Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha memorialised Shrimati Mali, the woman who saved Poonch in the war of 1971, by naming the...

History

‘Jagdamba ki Jai Ho’: 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal’s battlecry in 1971 war

IANS - December 16, 2021

‘Jagdamba ki Jai Ho! Those were the words spoken during the 1971 Bharat-Pakistan war by a wounded yet determined and courageous 2nd Lt Arun...

Politics

“Let’s not remember 1971 war victory with arrogance”, says Sonia; then glorifies Indira and skips mention of Armed Forces

IANS - December 16, 2021

Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday that the country should remember its 1971 victory in the Bharat-Pakistan war with the spirit of...

History

War and Sexual Violence – the 1971 War and an Act of Genocide

Stories of Bengali Hindus - January 15, 2021

Sexual violence during wars and conquests is often a footnote in history books. It is treated merely as a curiosity – an inevitable part...

World

Extremists conspiring to destabilise B’desh: Minister Murad Hassan

IANS - December 22, 2020

Bangladesh's Minister for Information Murad Hasan said on Monday that extremist militant outfits are conspiring to destabilise Bangladesh in a planned way in the...

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