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