war spawn myths.they are very difficult to explode for two good reasons.The states hold the secrets,and even scholars and the media turn selfrighteous chauvinists.Indira gandhi was not forced by the refugeeinflux to march into east pakistan.she had decided on it from the very outset "on aprill 6",1971,almost nine months before the war in december 1971,as A.K.ray,joint secretary in the ministrt of external affairs,revealed.The then army chief,General sam manekshaw substantially confirmed this at a public meeting on November 16,1977.He wisely asked for time to prepare.
nor was the war triggered by president yahya khan's aerial attacks on india on December 3.As B.K.Nehru revealed in his memoirs,citing dismander,india was all set to go to war on December 4 anyway.in truth,the war began on November 21when an indian armour moved into East pakistan.India's war aims were not confined to the break-up of pakistan. All previous post-war accords,whether in 1949 or at Tashkent in 1966, were limited to the restoration of the status quoante bellum.Why then was kashmir the core of the shimla pact in july 1972?Hitherto, pakistan had insisted on a kashmir settlement before other disputes were tackled.In 1972,it was India which insisted on a Kashmir settlement,on its terms of course-freeze the status quot.
when B.Z.Khasru's book was published last september, the media went wild with statements that the book showed that india intended also to acquire Pakistan-occupied kashmir during the war and balkanise West pakistan.As a matter of record,anuj Dhar,s book CIA,s eye on south asia had documents based on a central intelligence agency mole's pillow chats with a girlfriend in the united states Embassy.He was a senior cabinet minister,and indira Gandhi was ever ready to forgive "human"lapses.Read this:"prime minister gandhi toid her cabinet on December 6 that before accepting a U.N.call for a ceasefire there were three objectives that would have to beachieved: to guarantee the establishment of bangladesh to liberate the southern part of Azad kashmir and to destroy pakistan's armour and air forces.
The mole's name was deleted when the CIA papers were published ,offcially.Did she omit the Northern areas of kashmir to avoid trouble with china? khasru's bookgoes much further.He has perused the declassified documents and has narrated the story for the reader in readable prose.It is more than a eacord of international diplomacy.it provides good insights onto sheikh mujibur Rehman's mind before the army crackdown.He accepted a united Pakistan in which power would be shared between the two wings, on March 3,1971,mujib told an associated press correspondent in Dhaka that he was 'willing to share power with bhutto, each to serve as prime minister in his region.
nor was the war triggered by president yahya khan's aerial attacks on india on December 3.As B.K.Nehru revealed in his memoirs,citing dismander,india was all set to go to war on December 4 anyway.in truth,the war began on November 21when an indian armour moved into East pakistan.India's war aims were not confined to the break-up of pakistan. All previous post-war accords,whether in 1949 or at Tashkent in 1966, were limited to the restoration of the status quoante bellum.Why then was kashmir the core of the shimla pact in july 1972?Hitherto, pakistan had insisted on a kashmir settlement before other disputes were tackled.In 1972,it was India which insisted on a Kashmir settlement,on its terms of course-freeze the status quot.
when B.Z.Khasru's book was published last september, the media went wild with statements that the book showed that india intended also to acquire Pakistan-occupied kashmir during the war and balkanise West pakistan.As a matter of record,anuj Dhar,s book CIA,s eye on south asia had documents based on a central intelligence agency mole's pillow chats with a girlfriend in the united states Embassy.He was a senior cabinet minister,and indira Gandhi was ever ready to forgive "human"lapses.Read this:"prime minister gandhi toid her cabinet on December 6 that before accepting a U.N.call for a ceasefire there were three objectives that would have to beachieved: to guarantee the establishment of bangladesh to liberate the southern part of Azad kashmir and to destroy pakistan's armour and air forces.
The mole's name was deleted when the CIA papers were published ,offcially.Did she omit the Northern areas of kashmir to avoid trouble with china? khasru's bookgoes much further.He has perused the declassified documents and has narrated the story for the reader in readable prose.It is more than a eacord of international diplomacy.it provides good insights onto sheikh mujibur Rehman's mind before the army crackdown.He accepted a united Pakistan in which power would be shared between the two wings, on March 3,1971,mujib told an associated press correspondent in Dhaka that he was 'willing to share power with bhutto, each to serve as prime minister in his region.
