The 1971 war was won in the East but the Western Front was not quiet either Â
In the 13-day war with Pakistan in 1971, India strategically fought for containment, a holding operation, on the Western Front as fighting to liberate East Pakistan raged in the East
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December 16 marks the 49th anniversary of Vijay Divas, when the Pakistan army surrendered before the Indian Defence Forces in Dacca after a military operation that lasted only 13 days. A new nation was carved out from the breaking of Pakistan into two. Mohammed Ali Jinnahâs âtwo-nation theory â based on religion lay in tatters.
â0n Republic Day, 26 January 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi drove in an open jeep to the saluting base on Rajpath to receive the President of India. A vast sea of people had gathered to offer their salutations to their victorious Prime Minister. The earth reverberated with the roar of the crowd.The image which was projected that pale winter morning was of a wo