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1971 War: How A Photograph And A BBC Report Hastened Pakistan’s Surrender 
by Prakhar Gupta - Dec 16, 2020 07:01 AM
The Tangail Airdrop
Snapshot
A file photo of an airdrop, which was used because an actual one of the event was not available, helped change the course of history in 1971.
By 10 December, a week after the 1971 India-Pakistan war officially started, Indian troops moving into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) from the east under Lieutenant General Sagat Singh had crossed the mighty Meghna river, the biggest obstacle in the Indian Army’s dash to Dhaka, using the Indian Air Force’s Mi-4 helicopters, and were advancing towards the city with tanks and artillery. ....

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