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1965 - IAF gun camera captures an attack at a Paki trainyard.
A burning rail engine at top & dust of bullets hitting ground clearly visible
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1965 - Mysteres of No 1 Squadron carrying out a raid on Sargodha Airfield
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Indian Soldiers flying the Tri Colour at the Hajipir Pass , 28 Aug 1965
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Indian Army Centurion Tanks rolling up dust as they blitz past the Sialkot Sector during 1965 Indo-Pak War
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The jeep that Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid used in the Indo-Pak battle of 1965, kept at the Grenadiers Regimental Centre in Jabalpur.
This single jeep and its detachment took out 11 Pattons over two days.
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Indian soldiers capture a Pakistani M36B2 Jackson in 1965 Indo-Pak War
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Punjab : Villagers hunting for the Paki paratroopers in 1965 war.
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A Centurion tank of the Indian Army enters the Pakistani town of Phillora during the 1965 war
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1965 : Prime Minister Shastri with his victorious troops
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1965 : 'Ghazis' from Pakistan rounded up by the Indian Army in the Kashmir Valley
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1965 : Paki fauj mustering Pakistan's best for a mission to 'liberate' Kashmir.
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Lt Col Sampuran Singh, MVC, VrC, CO, 19 Punjab seen with the Defence Minister, Mr YB Chavan and Maj Gen SS Kalaan, GOC, 19 Infantry Division, Uri-Haji Pir Sector, 1965
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Indian Army officers near Pakistani M4A1E6 Sherman that was destroyed by the Indian Army during the 1965 Indo-Pak War
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General Harbakhsh and General Dhillon with a captured Pak Sherman in 1965
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1965-A Pakistani officer arrives in a jeep, after the cease-fire, to seek the permission of the Indian Army to collect the dead and wounded
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1965 : Deserted by all, on the Pakistani retreat from Salian village in the Sialkot sector, Hasana Begum, 85, is helped to her cot outside her small home by an Indian soldier
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Amongst the largest tank battles post the Second World War
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Nishchay Kar Apni Jeet Karoon ..
1965: A Sikh soldier seeks blessings from his Guru before heading out to battle
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1965 : Much flaunted Paki war machines being hauled off to become doormats at Indian Army's cantonments
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Sep 1965 saw a different type of 'crop' in fields of Punjab - The 1st Armoured Division of Pakistan
God bless those who fell in the process
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1965, HajiPir : A congratulatory handshake and a pat on the back for a job well done
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1965 : A PAF Sabre that came visiting, and decided to stay!
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1965 : Gen Rajinder Singh 'Sparrow', MVC, posing with whatever was left of 1st Armored Division of Pakis.
This was the same guy who wrested Jhangar and ZojiLa from them in the 1947-48 war
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1965 : In Khem Karan, with some scrap metal from Pakistan
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1965 : A pontoon bridge destroyed by retreating Paki Forces, Ichogil Canal, East Lahore
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1965 : Near brand new Paki toys that their Brown Panted 'boys' abandoned in their rush to get away from the Indian Army.
This is a click from Bhikhiwind
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1965 : Meek surrender to the humble Punjabi farmer is all that the much vaunted Brown Pants of Pakistan could achieve in the end
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Jawans of the Dogra Regiment Raise the Tricolour at Dera Baba Nanak Bridge, 1965.
Incidentally, this it the route to Dera Saheb Kartarpur. #JustSaying
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1965 : The best the the Americans could spare; The Pride of the Paki Fauj
All of it came to a naught, thanks to the Brown Pants that drove these into battle against the Indian Army
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1965 : The Khalsas of Gobind saw yet another bunch of delusional 'Ghazis' meet their end in those holy lands
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1965 : Aftermath
Pattons, the pride of Paki Army, now mere war trophies, being hauled off to become doormats at the entrances to Indian Army Cantts
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1965 : A recce picture of PA M-48 Patton tanks in Indian territory during the Kutch faceoff, taken by Flying Officer Utpal Barbara of the No. 101 Sqdn.
A PR Vampire was used for the sortie
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1965 : Indian troops looking at a bridge, across the Ichhogil Canal, that was destroyed by the Pakistani Army as they ran away when they realized that the 'Hindu Morale' wasn't as low as they had expected!
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1965 : Many a 'Ghazi' have fallen in the Land of Five Rivers, these were just the latest ones that year
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1965 : Indian Army on the outskirts of Lahore, in front of yet another bridge destroyed by the retreating Paki Brown Pants
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A legend was born that year.
It went by the name of 'Sabre Slayer'!
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1965 - Soldiers At The Grave of CQMH Abdul Hamid, PVC (P)
Here's wishing Happy #WalongDay to the heroes of 6 KUMAON. They went to their deaths heroically and steadfastly, without any fuss, this day in 1962.
Just so that a General could please a PM on his birthday.
This day in 1962 - The only attack of the war by Indian Army was launched - As a birthday gift from a General to a PM.
A heavy price was paid by the Kumaonis of 6 KUMAON that night.
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Denied even one extra day to prepare for the attack that they requested, they went in as ordered.
Out of the more than 200 men that had gone into the attack, only 90 returned alive.
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Glad I didn't write on this topic last Sunday as originally planned, because a LOT has happened since.
Sharing my thoughts on what might happen in the coming months.
Let's see how it goes ..
First and foremost, I assume you would have gone thru what the Army Chief said. If not, then do watch the one-minute long video of the Chief addressing his troops before moving ahead.
Do note the key words that he mentions.
Now the reason this short clip of the Army Chief piqued my interest was the fact that he wasn't the first one or the only one from the highest echelons speaking thus.
In fact, the first such instance was Prime Minister himself when he promised the Navy their dues in next round!
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Air India 'Kanishka' by Canada based terrorists. Replugging some thoughts on the same.
Canada, this one will haunt you till time's end.
Letting out some thoughts and some facts when it came to Western nations not merely looking away at terrorism aimed at India in the 70s, 80s and the 90s, but in cases, actually encouraging it.
This state sponsored terror from West cost us dearly then, and costs us dearly even now
70s - 90s were not very popular years for Govt of India in Western capitals. At best, they looked away when it came to matters that were detrimental to Indian interests and at worst, they actively fomented trouble within Indian borders.
Primary reason was that the ..
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Folks, sharing some thoughts on recent and current events in near and far neighbourhood.
A lot of thoughts entangled in a web .. let me see how it goes
This report from some days ago is a good start point:
US Centcom Chief very enthusiastically licking Pakistan's unwashed backside!
Whenever such a news comes by, the first thought that goes through one's head is, what are they planning!
In this case, it was quite obvious that Iran was the target, as events proved within days.
But I will come to that in a while.
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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent statement by the CDS in Singapore regarding potential losses of IAF aircraft during Op Sindoor.
This will be a short thread.
Here goes ..
At the outset, I offer my heartiest congratulations to Paakis for their spectacular victory in Kargil where they brought down three IAF aircraft and for the even more FANTASTIC victory of 1971 wherein they shot down anywhere between 45 - 65 IAF aircraft!
There's a video as well!
In the same vein, I also offer my heartfelt commiserations to my fellow Indians who are beating their chests and doing R@ndi Rona about having lost Op Sindoor because IAF lost some aircraft!
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This day in 1999, a young Captain by the name of Manoj Kumar Pandey was going gung ho, clearing Paakis in Khalubar.
Little would he have have known that he had just about 43 days more in this world, before he attained martyrdom, and with it, immortal fame ..
He led the most difficult tasks assigned to 1/11 Gorkha Rifles in the war, with full confidence in his fellow Gorkhas to deliver.
Here is a letter he wrote from the battlefield to a friend.
Download, Zoom & Read.
I INSIST.