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Express News Service
CHENNAI: “Time is the best healer.” But, does this adage do justice when describing war survivors? Forty-nine years after the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which led to the formation of Bangladesh, memories of the historic event are fresh in the minds of those who witnessed it.
On December 16,1971, Pakistan was defeated and forced to publicly surrender to India–the largest military surrender since World War-II. “The role my team played was small, but critical for our victory,” recalls Colonel Anantanarayanan Krishnaswamy. “After a 10-hour battle, we ambushed a much larger enemy force and made them surrender.” Colonel Krishnaswamy received the Veer Chakra for his role in the 1971 war, in which he was commanding the C-Company of the 10th Regiment of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.