1971 War: How The Indian Army Crossed The Mighty Meghna River In East Pakistan On Its March Towards DhakaÂ
by Prakhar Gupta - Dec 10, 2020 09:11 AM
Lieutenant General Sagat Singh and an Indian Mi-4 helicopter.
Snapshot
The Indian Armyâs dash to Dhaka in the 1971 war involved a massive helidrop across the Meghna River. Hereâs how it took place.
Unlike most rivers flowing through Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal, Meghna is not fed by the glaciers in the Himalayas. Still, it is one of itâs mightiest.
The Meghna is formed by the confluence of multiple fast-flowing streams, which descend into the plains of Bangladesh, that barely rise above the sea level, from the rolling hills of eastern India â the area which receives the largest monsoon precipitation in the world.