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The reporter is commenting on a 'show' put up for the Defence Minister when he visited Longewala - thats not the official history, that is entertainment Here is the link to the Indian Official History http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1971War/PDF/1971Chapter09.pdf...

Thanks for the references I will check them out. However, Its not what the forum believes in but what historical evidence there is. It appears that there is no formal declaration or paperwork by the british from pre-independence days that gives the princely rulers that option to go...

No, the princely states did not have the option to go independent. Maybe you should quote your sources, and I should quote mine - what do you say?

1965 what? sorry your post was masked by filters.

How do you differentiate between pre election rhetoric to post election actions? Huckabee wants to get rid of the IRS - but you know and I know that it wont happen even if he becomes president. (Like the BJP in India promising 'uniform civil code' if it comes to power - well it came to power...

As per the partition agreement - no 'state' could remain 'independent' . Any state that has a common border with both india and pakistan will have a choice on where to join. But any other kingdom / state etc DID NOT have an option for going 'independent'. The Nizam merely had dreams based on...

Whatever - Hyderabad was 95% Hindus - very unilikely it would remain a 'third pakistan'?

I have heard that youtube was banned in Pakistan today - how would that affect the Video section - will people in Pakistan see a blank section?

.. and really Indians shouldnt give a fig about 3 million being true or false. its a matter between pakistanis and bangladeshis and they can resolve it without our interference - right?

Most logical and realistic answer. India got an opportunity, it took it, and succeeded. Pakistan too got opportunities but they were not big enough or right enough to be 'converted' into another bangladesh.

I have read about Air Commodore Sajaj Haider of 65 war fame in numerous articles and the PAF books. Ummat has this piece about his thoughts Online news paper - The top news headlines on current events enjoy!

Two lives is minimal? Two additional lives is too much - especially if they are trained men of the armed forces. Anyway Its not a question of whether they prepaid or not. its a question of them paying for whatever services they received in the end. all these expeditions should have the...

Thanks Sam, that makes sense. I would not want india to subsidize the rescue missions of western mountaineers - each hour of flying is very expensive going into half a lakh per hour for maint alone. I would assume no pakistani would want to give out freebee rescue missions either. If the...

Will these guys who are rescued , or the countries they come from pay for the services rendered? Do these companies pay for the fuel, flying hours etc?

I agree completely. And again would recommend PAFCombat.com . kaiser tufail had done most of the above work for people like us! While the site was a copy of his book, there were many extra pages and some of them were tables that listed kills with complete details -names places etc.

Oh, I should also add. P.V.S. Jagan Mohan who used to update the faq site now runs the bharat-rakshak site as well. There is plenty of stuff on the Starfighter vs MiG-21 over there - check one article in the 71 war section and the other about MiG-21s in combat. i have his book on the 65 war as...

Very old stuff. Nothing new there (though in all fairness when it was published - it was new!) Plus quoting an Indian website is never going to win friends over here and is always flamebait. Hence my personal preference to use the pafcombat.com website by Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail -...

Its a clear cut case in India - women pilots in IAF are clearly taken only for Helicopter and Transport streams. Much is invested in a fighter pilot - and a nation that trains a fighter pilot expects 15-20 years of service from him in a flying capacity. It is unrealistic to expect women to...

The attachment is claimed to be a photo from TIME Magazine that shows Major A .K. Ghosh - this was published as a 'Indian POWs caputred in battle' illustration in one of the issues from 71. The family says that it is him and he was not there when the POWs returned. This is one of the stronger...

Fair enough:tup: