General Sagat Singh: The Real Hero of the 1971 War

'A great General who had become a legend in his lifetime.''India will not see the likes of Sagat Singh again.'Prakash Bhandari salutes the memory of the military genius who captured Dacca in the......

'The boys were so fired up to fight the enemy'

'One of the bullets grazed General Sagat's hand and one injured Flying Officer Sidhu in the leg.''The helicopter was quickly flown back to Agartala and after landing they found that the aircraft......

Does IAF need this self-congratulatory nonsense?

As the IAF kicks off another round of myth-making -- launching a year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 India-Pakistan war -- it is worth remembering how little there was to......

US wanted China to intervene against India in 1971 War

On December 10, Kissinger began to encourage the Chinese to take action against India: 'If the People's Republic were to consider the situation on the Indian subcontinent a threat to security, and......