A Para Drop That Swung The 1971 War In India’s Favour 

Nitin ji, I am son of retd. IAF person who was defending western front ( Amritsar Airbase). I lived those moments when my father had left us in Ambala Cantt with his unit overnight. We were without trenches, my mother dug for us. Both are still alive by God’s grace. I could not make it to defense forces though was shortlisted in SSBs due to some medical test.Missed serving my nation as a Defense person. Thanks for posting such stories. Salute to men/ women in uniform. They die so that we can live. Jai Hind 🙏🇮🇳

Lt Gen. Sagat Singh was truly a great commander

My village in Tripura had 2 Mukti-Bahini training camp. Several round of artillery shells fell here some of them did not blast (I think those were made in china🤣). I heard all these stories enthusiastically from my father.

I was six years old and growing up in Barrackpore army cantonment near Calcutta. My late father had later told me of a friend of his who was a Captain in the Indian Army and who was shot down by the Pakistanis while paradropping in Bangladesh. I do not know whether it was this paradrop or another one, but my salute and sadar pranam to all those who fought for India. Hopefully, Bangladesh remembers those who liberated them from the butchers.

Sagat Singh was an iconic General !!!

Congratulations. All the best to the Indian defence forces.

My dad was posted at AirHeadquarters at that time and I was a 6 th std student following the Indian express everyday on the releases of news on IA progress. Your video gave me goosebumps while recalling the dark nights and sirens

Thanks Nitin Bhai 🙏🏽🇮🇳💕, thrilling and particularly fulfilling to me as the proud father of a special forces officer 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

I have seen some young even question why Indian helped Bangladesh and attacked Pakistan. They don't understand how complex the situation are.

A great victory for our armed forces in 1971 indo pak war. Salute to indian army

My late father ( God rest his soul) was a few years from retirement from the army, and was rather upset since this war was an outright victory, and was not sent into operations. He was an old battle ax from the WW2 era, that took him to North Africa & then to Burma and saw campaigns of 1948 & 1965. We also had the honor of meeting Lt. Gen Inder Gill who was then Corps Commander at IV Corps HQ. This made an interesting vlog, set me thinking of a lot of things, also the manner in which India then introduced the 5 paisa Refugee stamp on all postal correspondence to help in collecting funds to take care of the refugees from East Pakistan.

I was 7 years old living at Air Force station Agra as my father was air signaller in 106 squadron which was stationed there. It was the finest hour in the military history of this country. Jai Hind.

Thanks to field marshal Sam Manekshaw for right planning and execution 🇮🇳💕

Appreciate your detailed sharing of this event!

That was really great! I was a college student then in kolkata. I have vivid memories of all those happenings. Like to hear more from you our armed forces' achievements.

Nice narrations...my father was in one of the advance parties to attack from Tripura side & heard lot many wartime stories about Bangladesh liberation. Got refreshed, once again. He retired with 6 decorations from Indian Army. Now at the age of 82, he cherishes all these moments.... I am sharing this documentary with him to go through....

That Niazi general had so many medals on his chest. Lol.

Jai Hind to India from Srilanka

Thank you Nitin for making me aware about Vijay diwas true history and significance

Jewels from our Indian Army - Jaihind🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳⚔️ hopefully we can do the same things on POK

Thanks for sharing this Brave operation of the Indian Army Parachute Regiment Jai Hind Jai Bharat

Thank you very much sir For sharing with the us MERA BHARAT MAHAAN WITH REGARDS

Well done Indian Soldiers 🇮🇳 Bharat Mata ki Jai.🙏👌🙏

Hats of to the our beloved Indian Army. Hats off to "Vijay Dibas" of '1971 Bangala Desh War'. I have a live memories of those eventful days. Feel pride of our Indian Army. Jai Hind.

I still remember that war.. I was 10 yrs old kid.. Every night there used to be black out.. But what a Victory.. Pak sliced into two parts...👍👍💐💐

I wonder why are there no movies ... look at Band of Brothers .. I wonder when are we gonna do that

Nitinji, l was 13yrs then a 9th std student in a remote village in kerala. My two uncles were in defense durog the war and my father was in the police . I still remember the said paradrop photograph in the malayalam news paper. I salute the brave warriers and those laid down their lIves for our nation. I cherish their memoris and bow on their feets💐

Good narrated Nitin jee👍👍👍 salute to indian army that was very good plan 👌👌👌 whole nation proud forever

Thank you Nitin. 👏👏👏👏

Thank you Nitin for a timely clip about the contribution made by the army. I would have liked you to mention a couple of people who gave their lives to achieve what we did. In our hearts, quietly, we can thank them for their contribution.

Thanks for sharing the entirety of the very special Tangail operation. Jai Hind

Just Gr'888, with my experience I join as a Medic patrolling all Nights in 71 my area in Mumbai was Santacruz East. It was a proud moment for me as a young medic. Our Mighty Militery did a superb job and liberated Now Bangladesh 🇧🇩 which is now turning to be a Pain in the Ass for India 🇮🇳. We now need one more major operation and overtake our occupied land by the Chinese and Pakistanis. Go East, Go West, But India 🇮🇳 is the Best. Namashkar 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

This detailed information makes me so much proud that I have no word to explain. We' were listening to radio but all these details weren't available I am proud of our army. JAI BHARAT

Extraordinary achievement of the gallant soldiers of the great Indian Army.

What a fantastic job done. We see none of this in our history books. Bharat mata ki jai. Thanks to you.

Were there actually 93 thousands Pakistani soldiers who surrendered that day.

माझ्या कुटुंबात INS Khukhri मधून परत आलेले माझे मावस सासरे आहेत. समुद्रात रात्री काय परिस्थिती होती? त्या लोकांनीच सांगावं!

Every Indian Knows that we have won the war, But the details which you provide about of the army personnel involved, the tactics and the strategy with which were implemented in the war is that I like in your video.

Salute to all our heros 🇮🇳🙏🕉️

Great information. Very narrative and authentic too. Thanks.

For those who are not fluent in Hindi, when Niazi says, "Harami West Pakistan ne hara diya!", it literally means, "Bastard West Pakistani made us loose". If a General who holds such a significant role can call his nation bastard, nothing is left to say about the reality of the Pak Army, the so called backbone of Pakistan. 😂😂😂

Sagat Singh was an iconic General, Jai Hind

Thank you Lt. Gen Jacob

Woww.. Stealthy and psychological warfare techniques are considered to be the newest warfare techniques in the present days..but our Mighty ❤️Indian Army❤️ has used them in 1971.... Amazing...

Mr Gokhle you are doing a great service to the nation. Thank you.

Thanks for the information,Nitin. Even now,50 years after the event, we need to know the achievements marked by audacious planning and execution

Would love to see a special episode on the overall strategy of the 1971 war, of course with lots of maps.

Awesome. Didn't know about it.

why we are India is shown some time, very nice exploration of victory and key aspect of it, thank you Nitin Ji

Thank you so much , this is real history news to be taught in schools

Lt Gen Sarat Singh was a true front line Gen. He was always one step ahead of enemy... How? Most of the day he flew over the front , visiting lower formations. Hence was well aware of the ground situations.On return to his HQ, he did not have to wait for reports from the front line formations. He speedily decided on next ops & issued orders giving front line troops adequate time & denying reaction time to the enemy. This worked wonders for his Corps..

As always.. you are a beauty. Keep up the good work. Fan of your narration

A great piece of history

Those were men!

After a very long time found this video My brother from 2nd para was the first one to drop in Thanks a million for sharing this His name was ML Tewari

Great Illustration from Your Channel. Thank You. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.

All such operations of Indian Army/Defence Forces should be part of school curriculum for the younger generations to learn and be proud of and get motivated

Was expecting a video of current status of India's china LAC standoff, eagerly waiting on the updates.

Thanks a lot for sharing 🙏👍❤️❤️

Thanks Nitin!!!

We are geographical separated but we remained intact theologically,the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis

Superb narrative and well delivered. An annual of all these stories needs to be created.

Thanks a lot Nitin sir for such a lovely delibrate narration of the Tangail operation😍. It's always a pleasure to hear about such historic moments from you sir, thanks a lot again. Jai Hind🇮🇳

A very enlightening episode. Most of us are aware of the overallwar and as to how Bangladesh was created, but this daring action is known only to a few of us. Thanks for the efforts you took for giving the complete information as well as the background. It would also be interesting if you can provide us some classified information as to why our govt never raised issue of occupation of Aksai Chin after Chinese occupied it in 1962. We have seen netaas shouting about POK but Aksai Chin has been shut down in bureurcatic files . Only recently one has started hearing something about it.

Sir which will deter China effectively, Mountain strike core or 3 aircraft carriers

Sir, I eagerly wait for your show!!👍👍

1971, India had a outstanding spine of leadership with Manekshaw and Arora. They also had the Jewish General in Jacob (Captain then). Then there was Sagat Singh as well, these were battle hardened leaders. Time and again, they've stood up and delivered. I bet against China today, they would have delivered resounding thrusts. The core group of this leadership also won against the Portuguese and the Hyderbadi Nizam. A Parsi, Jew, Sikh, I think this was the essence of India, ever since then, I just see a decline in military leadership capabilities.

Thanks for the information..

I knew of Tangail operation. But now I know the enormity of the operation. It was daring, gripping & fantastic. India must (continue) do such operations in future too, particularly in wrapping up operations, on a Force on the run (retreating) -as tying up loose ends is equally important as the war itself. See the C-113 Packet aircraft in the photo. This was the workhorse in Chushul battle with China in 1962.

Very well presented. i love your videos. i have subscribed. keep it up . Best wishes

GREAT. GEO.

Sir, You forgot to Mention Naval Blockade On Both Eastern & Western Coasts

Please note the real hero of drop of Para troops in Tangail was then Lt col K.S.Pannu.Indian commander Lt Col Kulwant Singh was awarded the MVC for his leadership in battle. The 2Paras were subsequently the first Indian forces to enter Dacca. For this and their role in Capture of the strategic bridge, the Paras received battle honour for Poongli Bridge and theatre honours for Dacca.[citation needed]

Jay Hind🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

This military victory owes its credit to Field Marshal Sam manekshaw and the leadership of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Good historical facts revealed

The war was always in India's favour

Please do a program on stellar role Mukti Bahini played in Liberation of Bangladesh. 🙏

I think a consecutive air raid on important positions of the Pakistani military was also one of the turning points to win over the war. Sky of Dhaka was absolutely ruled by Mig-21. Once or twice a dog fight took place between Mig-21 and Savor fighter planes of Pakistani air force. Otherwise, we didn't observe any Pakistani fighter planes. As if they went for a walkover. As a whole focusing on Dhaka bypassing district headquarters was an unbelievably brilliant strategy.

Very informative. Jai hind. 🇮🇳

Jai Hind...Jai Bharath..

Jai Hind Brave Hearts

Can anyone recommend any book on Bangladesh liberation from a military perspective?

Operation Market Garden 2.0 Thanks for walking us through the entire sequence of events so eloquently!

Grt narration 👏👏

Sir please post a video about operation mandhol by para special forces

Appreciate your Studies about 1971

Now northeast is having bangladeshi immigrants issue. Please make a video on Bangladeshi immigrants issue in the entire northeast India.....

Why is it that we do not have a substantial amount of photographs. This is a weakness in the recording of our wars. In contrast World war 2 is extensively recorded in all the arenas. I believe the army should have a series of professional photographers.

Sir please come up with a story of battle of longewala.

Please note Himachal Pradesh has not yet given a Piece of land at KASAULI to Late Maj General K.S.Pannu family yet .The family continues to write letters to CM OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.Do a show on that too.

Nitinji claims that the Tangail para drop is the biggest Para drop after WW II but I think that the Brits n French paratroopers were used in bigger way in Suez operation in 1956. Personally I am big fan of Gen Safar Singh.

Super, Super, Super!

The bigger question is Is Indian Military prepared to conduct similar kind of Operations on both LAC & LOC?? India also lacks a dedicated "Marine Force" equivalent to US Marines that can be used to Win the Beaches of Balochistan. Its quite evident that there is a need to enhance the Strategic airlift capability of Indian Special Forces. I personally think its time for Indian Govt & Military to sign the deal for following equipments :- (1) "C-295" Aircraft under "Make-in-India" program. (2) V-22 Ospreys (3) MH-47G Chinooks (4) C-130J-SOF (5) CH-53K King Stallion (6) “MH-60S/R" for NMRH Role under "Make-in-India" program as its production line can also be used to manufacture :- (a) "HH-60W Jolly Green" for IAF's CSAR Roles. (b) "MH-60M" for Indian SFs (c) "MH-60T Jayhawk" for ICGS (d) "S-70 Firehawk" for NDRF & State Fire departments.

Thank fully India didn't have present day opposition comprising PAPPU and PAPPU MUTRA PIASI!!!!

Dummy tanks , dummy tents, dummy warfare can pose problems. You cant waste a missile or bomb on dummy targets during war. JaiHind.

I never knew that this happened, until now.

It would be great if army release more videos from 1971 war.

Good summary. You would have done well to mention the decisive leadership of Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw and the role of Chief of Staff Eastern Command Major General Jack Farj Raphael Jacob who retired as Lieutenant General (PVSM). Incidentally he was a Baghdadi Jew. His parents had settled in Calcutta. We cannot ignore the contributions of minorities communities like Parsis, Sikhs, Muslims and Jews to the success of the 1971 War of Liberation.

How come outside world never heard about 1971 war and only indians talked about it?