49 years later, lessons that remain to be learnt from 1971 India-Pakistan War
49 years later, lessons that remain to be learnt from 1971 India-Pakistan War In episode 641 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the volatile 1960s that led to the short but bloody war in 1971. ThePrint Team 17 December, 2020 1:44 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: On 16 December 1971, India won a decisive victory over Pakistan after a 13-day war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. While it was a short and decisive war, 4,000 soldiers were killed and more than 8,000 were injured. On the war’s 49th anniversary, ThePrint’s editor-in-chief Shekhar Gu...