India's Secret War: BSF and Nine Months to the Birth of Bangladesh 9780143460268, 9789357081382

Triggered by the US-backed Pakistani junta's brutal measures against the Bengalis, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed

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English Year 2023

Table of contents :
Cover
Jacket
About the book
Advance Praise for the Book
Title Page
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
1 : The Bloody Road to Bangladesh
2 : The First Plan
3 : Professor Ali
4 : Mission Sanction
5 : A Helpful Neighbour
6 : Mujibnagar
7 : The Diplomatic Switch
A Few Days before the Swearing-in
8 : Demolition Crew
9 : Prisoner of Covert War
10 : Clear, Hold, Blow Up
11 : The Fall of the Subhapur Bridge
12 : The Heroes of Killapara
13 : Radio Revolution
14 : Lt Gen. Aurora’s Monsoon Message
15 : When is Winter Coming?
16 : ‘The BSF Is Making History’
17 : Capture of Bantara and Bee Stings in Khanpur
Capture of Bantara and Mohonpur Border Outpost
Capture of Khanpurhat Border Outpost
BATTLE OF BANTARA
18 : The Big Gun of Akhaura
19 : Sabotaging Chengiz Khan
20 : Small Ops
21 : A Bullet for Lunch
After Monsoon
22 : G-Men
23 : Home-Made Rockets
24 : Nothing’s Quiet on the Western Frontier
BSF’s Post Group Artillery
Rann of Kutch
Rajasthan
Jammu and Kashmir
Chhamb Sector of J&K
Rajouri Sector of J&K
25 :A Surrender in the East
26 : The Road to Dacca
Epilogue
After the War
Dacca
The Roll of Honour
War Memorial in Tripura
Acknowledgements
Frontier-Wise Details of BSF Casualties in the 1971 War
List of BSF Honours for the Liberation War
List of Interviewees
Photo Credit
THE BEGINNING

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