1971 : charge of the Gorkhas and other stories
- Gurugram : Penguin Veer, 2021
- xvii, 171 p. ; ill., (some col.), 16 unnumbered pages of plates, 20 cm
On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, revisit its battlefields through stories of bravehearts from the army, navy and air force who fought for a cause that meant more to them than their own lives Why do the Gorkha soldiers of 4/5 GR attack a heavily defended enemy post with just naked khukris in their hands? Does Pakistan find out the real identity of the young pilot who, after having ejected from a burning plane, calls himself Flt Lt Mansoor Ali Khan? What awaits the naval diver who cuts made-in-India labels off his clothes and crosses into East Pakistan with a machine gun slung across his back? Why is a twenty-one-year-old Sikh paratrooper being taught to jump off a stool in a deserted hangar at Dum Dum airport with a Packet aircraft waiting nearby? 1971 is a deeply researched collection of true stories of extraordinary human grit and courage that shows you a side to war that few military histories do.
9780143454366
1971 Biographies Employees Gurkha soldiers India History Military India Officials Employees Biography India-Pakistan Conflict, 1971 India Army Gorkha Rifles 5th. Battalion, 4th History Pakistan History Khukris FLT LT. Mansoor Ali Khan Naval driver Sikh paratroper Human grit