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1971 was the crowning jewel in the life and career of Indira Gandhi. Her unwaveringly firm stand, her stoic determination despite rebuffs by Western powers and her bold, decisive leadership led to the creation of Bangladesh.
B D Sharma India is celebrating today the 50th anniversary of its victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. This day brought India a supreme glory because the emphatic and glorious victory in this war immensely raised the stature of India amongst the comity of nations. It was the first decisive victory in a major war in centuries. The Indian Armed Forces brought Pakistani Forces to its knees and effected surrender of about 93000 of its soldiers. The Indian forces wrote […]
During the tumultuous period of 1971, there was quite a bit of gossip in Washington where all anyone heard about Bangladesh was the phrase "blood, butcher and kill." Archer K Blood was the American Consul General in Dhaka, Scott Butcher was his political officer, and Andy Killgore had left Dhaka just before the 1970 general elections and was working at the US State Department.