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1971 War
Bangladesh Mukti Diwas: Army won war, Indira lost to Bhutto
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"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...
Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh: Not a word of sympathy from Rightist, Leftist or Centrists
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"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...
From error to war: A tale of Nehru’s blunders
The second part of the article, Mahatma and Bhagwan Krishna: Winning wars and losing the peace, looks back at the wars of 1962, 1965...
Pakistan mocks an independent and sovereign Bangladesh
On March 26 this year, while Bangladesh will celebrate its 52nd anniversary of independence, policymakers in Pakistan are still continuing to mock liberation of...
1971: The Apology question and Pakistan’s army museum
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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...
How a Gujjar woman, Shrimati Mali, saved Poonch from Pakistan
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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...
‘Jagdamba ki Jai Ho’: 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal’s battlecry in 1971 war
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‘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...
“Let’s not remember 1971 war victory with arrogance”, says Sonia; then glorifies Indira and skips mention of Armed Forces
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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...
War and Sexual Violence – the 1971 War and an Act of Genocide
Sexual violence during wars and conquests is often a footnote in history books. It is treated merely as a curiosity – an inevitable part...
Extremists conspiring to destabilise B’desh: Minister Murad Hassan
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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...