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How India Won the All-Important Battle of Pirgunj in 1971 It was the Pirgunj battalion's tactical roadblock that altered the strategic balance in the northwestern sector of East Pakistan. Lt Gen Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Lt Gen Aurora . Standing immediately behind from L to R: Vice Admiral Krishnan, Air Marshal Dewan, Lt Gen Sagat Singh, Maj Gen JFR Jacob (with Flt Lt Krishnamurthy peering over his shoulder). Veteran newscaster, Surojit Sen of All India Radio, is seen holding a microphone on the right. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Security17/Dec/2020 Fifty years ...

On the road to victory, they soldiered on In the last five decades, about 53 Tibetan soldiers have laid down their lives on the front lines. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Members of the Special Frontier Force, including soldiers from Tibet, during the 1971 India-Pakistan War, in this dated photograph. (File Photo) Express News Service MUNDGOD: It was not their war. But they fought and laid down their lives for our country. Hundreds of soldiers of Tibetan origin, who were part of Special Frontier Force (SFF), fought along with the Indian Army in the 1971 war. They also became an important...

Lt Gen Satti to take charge as new NDMA chief By Wednesday Dec 16, 2020 Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz Satti, who is currently serving as the vice chief of General Staff at GHQ (Frontier Force), was promoted to the rank of Lt Gen last month. Photo: File Lt Gen Nawaz will replace Lt Gen (retd) Mohammad Afzal, who took charge as the NDMA chairman in May 2019. Decision was taken in Tuesday’s cabinet meeting which was presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan. ISLAMABAD: Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz Satti is set to become the new chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) after the federal ca...

Cabinet okays Lt Gen Satti as new NDMA chief National December 16, 2020 Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday appointed Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz Satti the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority. Prime Minister Imran Khan presided over the cabinet meeting. It discussed the overall political and economic situation of the country. Lt Gen Nawaz will replace Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal, who took charge as the NDMA chairman in May 2019. The Cabinet Division had recommended three names – Akhtar Nawaz, Captain (retd) Sher Alam Mehsud, and Nadeem Arshad Kiyani – for the post...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: Nearly a month’s planning in utter secrecy, unorthodox deployment of multiple units and false flag manoeuvering, is what led to Indian forces outflanking the Chinese in Eastern Ladakh in August, ThePrint has learnt. The operation has enabled India to dominate the southern banks of the Pangong Tso and offer a determined counter deployment in the northern banks.  The development also took place even as the Navy deployed almost its entire Eastern and Western Fleets out at sea to counter any possible Chinese aggression at sea and to showcase capability to completel...