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Harsha Kakkar The Golden Jubilee year of India’s greatest victory, the 1971 war over Pakistan, has commenced. There is no doubt that it was India’s finest hour, wiping from memory the defeat of 1962. It was a period when the politicomilitary leadership worked in tandem and the political hierarchy had complete faith in its armed forces. It was possibly the only period when there was no interference in the military’s internal affairs. The Indian forces had time to prepare, create logistics infrastructure, train, and gather requisite intelligence on the enemy. The involvement of the Mukti Bahini at every stage of the battle, provided the forces with latest intelligence, routes to adopt to bypass enemy localities and support from the local population. These were battle winning factors. The navy and air force were integrated into the planning and the forces functioned as a cohesive organization. Backing them was a resolute national leadership. Strategically, the plan was simple, fro