PAF & 1965 war
These were the heady days of September 1965...
This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war...
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ArchiveModi govt plans 1965 war carnival
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rightwing Hindu nationalist government has ordered India’s armed forces to organise a ‘carnival’ to mark 50 years of a war with Pakistan in 1965, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday...
“From September 1 to September 23 this year, on days coinciding with the duration of the war, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have been directed to organise tableaux, exhibitions, processions, public...
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BlogsKhwaja Khizr: The saint who 'saved' Rohri, Sukkur and Lansdowne Bridge during the 1965 War
I was lost in thought as we were speeding by Rohri and its beautiful pre-Partition houses and their enigmatic wooden balconies, when I heard our driver ask me “Adi, do you know how this bridge and cities were saved during the 1965 War?”“No, I don’t,” I replied, rather ashamed of my lack of general knowledge...
During the Indo-Pak War of 1965, when Indian planes came to bombard this strategically important bridge, people noticed...
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Archive1965 war hero Daudpota passes away
KARACHI: Air Marshal Mohammad Abdul Azim Daudpota — a former governor of Sindh, 1965 war veteran and ex-chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines — died in Karachi on Monday...
He joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy at Risalpur in July of the same year...
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ArchiveIndia’s propaganda and 1965 war
IT is ironic that this year the Indian government is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its ‘victory’ in the 1965 war, though various accounts of their own diplomats, scholars and researchers make it clear that it was a deadlock before the UN declared a ceasefire on September 22, 1965...
Jaswant Singh, one of India’s topmost diplomats who has served as the finance and the defence minister in his book, India at Risk — Mistakes,...
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ArchiveGENESIS OF THE 1965 WAR
Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
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PakistanLiterary notes: The 1965 war and Pakistani Urdu literature
So it is not only the soldiers that fight a war, but it is the nation as well...
When the United States joined in the First World War, for instance, the public sentiments quickly turned in favour of US intervention, backed by the intellectuals and philosophers such as John Dewey, and even the ones with the leftist leanings echoed the nationalist feelings...
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PakistanGenesis of the 1965 war
Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
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BlogsStranded in India during the 1965 war: How I won friends among ‘enemies’
In 1965, a year after I had appeared for my finals for my Master's in English literature, I thought it would be a good opportunity to revisit Bombay...
A couple of years earlier, I had become the editor of Eastern Film, Pakistan’s largest selling English monthly, and wanted to continue my interaction with more celebrities...
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PakistanPAF 1965 war hero: Meeting Rtd Air Commodore Imtiaz Bhatti
Retired Air Commodore Imtiaz Bhatti, a recipient of the Sitara-i-Jurat, Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Sitara-i-Basalat, is a decorated Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officer who served with distinction in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars...
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ArchiveFrom the past pages of dawn: 1965: Fifty years ago: A General’s war diary
RAWALPINDI: Many Indian Generals in the war against Pakistan have lost battles, tanks and men...
Niranjan Prasad, GOC, 25th Indian Infantry Division, has lost something else too — his war diary...
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ArchiveHistory & 1965 war
THIS is apropos news item ‘History in Pakistan has been badly treated’ (Sept 5) and Dr Akbar Zaidi’s remarks...
The Indians suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Pakistan Army in Chiwinda...
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WorldIndian army veterans boycott 1965 war carnival over pension reforms
While Indian leaders in New Delhi marked the anniversary of the 1965 war, retired personnel of the Indian army have boycotted the government's ‘carnival’ over the failure to break the deadlock of the one rank one pension (OROP) issue, according to a report published on the hindustantimes website...
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee kicked off government celebrations of the 1965 war anniversary in New Delhi, paying tribute to soldiers...
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ArchiveRamifications of the 1965 war
KARACHI: It is heartening to note there are rational voices in the country who are willing to undertake soul-searching with respect to the 1965 war...
One is referring to the seminar on ‘Learning Lessons from 1965 Indo-Pak War’, organised by International Relations Department of Karachi University, on Thursday...
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