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'Reminescences - 1965' |
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Admiral Bhatia, ex-chairman of Mazgaon Dock Limited, ‘ I used to be a student during the ‘65 War. I was in IIT Delhi. It was like a blackout for everyone after hearing about the war. Every one was very active in Punjab. I used to have a look at the fighter planes in the sky. During the war of ‘71, I was a serviceman. This war was started with Bangladesh. Many ships were sent to Bay of Bengal and to Karachi. All our soldiers were very enthusiastic at that moment. One day we were called in the conference room and were told that one submarine has been sunk. I felt sad when we heard about their heroic accounts; & also about the letters for their dear families. During this war, there was a great synergy in all our armed Forces’ and the biggest role was played by the aircraft - GNATS.’
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Vice Admiral R B Suri, ‘Nobody welcomes a war. But sometimes it becomes necessary to take such steps. I wish not to have another war. We should peacefully resolve the problems we are facing now.’ |
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Air Marshal V Patney, ‘After the war of ‘65 & ‘71, all the three armed forces have shown great improvement. India has become more strong after the war of ‘71. India did not have any war for so long and this shows good conflict resolving powers of the Indian Armed Forces’. |
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Col. Anil Shorey, ex-PRO, Indian Army, ‘I was quite young at the time of ‘65 War & was in 10th class. But I took an interest in the happenings of that time. I still have the pictures of The Battle of Dongrai, Lahore. I preserved those pictures taken by some of the Indian soldiers when they entered in Pakistan. I have also preserved equipments used by those Indian soldiers. I also got the things manufactured at that time in the factories of Pakistan like soap. All these things are still with me. Those things which I could get at that time, inspired me to join the Indian Army.’ |
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