Sunny Deol kickstarted the on-ground promotional tour of Gadar 2, and the first place he visited for promotion was the location where the brave Indo-Pak war of 1971.
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Fire Power: Indian Army tanks near the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, Sept. 2020 (Photo: ANI) It takes a war to make our people work together. Peace breaks them up into narrow sectional pieces. We must learn to rise above sectional interests and work for what is best for the country.
These words by Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal from his memoirs are as relevant today as they were when they were written 36 years ago. Air Chief Marshal Lal was the chief of air staff during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, the last conflict all three armed forces fought together. Last year, the government instituted the most comprehensive and sweeping reform of the armed forces since Independence. The most significant shake-up of the Indian armed forces took place after the 1962 border war with China. A country dependent on food imports to feed its people had to ramp up military spending and make the difficult choice of building factories and shipyards to produ