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Role of RAW in 1971 War was five-fold.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
From Print Edition
Islamabad
Leading Indian writer B Raman in his book Role of RAW in Liberation of Bangladesh has disclosed that the role of RAW was five-fold, according to a recent research on how the Indian writers saw the 1971 War.
First, it was to provide intelligence to Indias policy-makers and its armed forces; Second, to train the Bengali freedom fighters in the clandestine training camps, then to the network with Bengali public servants from the East Pakistan posted in the West Pakistan and in Pakistans diplomatic missions abroad; Third, to persuade them to cooperate with the freedom-fighters and to help in the freedom struggle by providing intelligence; Fourth, to mount a special operation in the CHT against sanctuaries and training camps of the Naga and Mizo hostiles; and Fifth, to organize a psychological warfare (PSYWAR) campaign against the Pakistani rulers by disseminating reports about the massacres of the Bengalis in East Pakistan and the exodus of refugees.
He writes that involvement of RAW was multi-pronged and that was the reason that Indira Gandhi decided to assist the Bengali-speaking people of East Pakistan in their efforts to separate from Pakistan and achieve an independent state to be called Bangladesh. This was in the wake of the widespread disturbances in East Pakistan in the beginning of 1971 following the refusal of the military regime of Pakistan headed by Gen Mohammad Yahya Khan to honour the results of the December 1970 general elections in which the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won a majority in the Pakistan National Assembly, says the writer.
Another Indian writer Dr Sarmila Bose writes in her book that the courageous Pakistan Army stood on the eastern front. Bose is niece of Netaji Bose, the great Bharati nationalist. She writes that there is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers dont lie in unthinking vilification of the fighting men who performed so well in the war against such heavy odds in the defence of national policy. Rather, in failing to honour them, the nation dishonours itself.
Another Indian writer Maj Gen D K Palit, Vrc Retired writes in his book The lightning Campaign, that one general misconception must be cleared from the beginning. There has been much speculation as to why Pakistan Army collapsed in Bangladesh: Whereas the fact is that there was nothing like general collapse. In many places as at Hilli, Jamalpur, Khulna and other strongholds, the enemy (Pakistan) put bitter resistance often having to be physically destroyed before the post could be captured to be sure, in certain cases such as Jessore and Mymesingh the enemy withdrew from their defences
before the main assault could be put in, but by and large they fought hard. There were
many defended towns still holding out when the surrender was announced as at Mainamati (Comilly), Khulna, Dinajpur, Saidpur and portion of Sylhet.
Role of RAW in 1971 War was five-fold - thenews.com.pk
Saturday, December 15, 2012
From Print Edition
Islamabad
Leading Indian writer B Raman in his book Role of RAW in Liberation of Bangladesh has disclosed that the role of RAW was five-fold, according to a recent research on how the Indian writers saw the 1971 War.
First, it was to provide intelligence to Indias policy-makers and its armed forces; Second, to train the Bengali freedom fighters in the clandestine training camps, then to the network with Bengali public servants from the East Pakistan posted in the West Pakistan and in Pakistans diplomatic missions abroad; Third, to persuade them to cooperate with the freedom-fighters and to help in the freedom struggle by providing intelligence; Fourth, to mount a special operation in the CHT against sanctuaries and training camps of the Naga and Mizo hostiles; and Fifth, to organize a psychological warfare (PSYWAR) campaign against the Pakistani rulers by disseminating reports about the massacres of the Bengalis in East Pakistan and the exodus of refugees.
He writes that involvement of RAW was multi-pronged and that was the reason that Indira Gandhi decided to assist the Bengali-speaking people of East Pakistan in their efforts to separate from Pakistan and achieve an independent state to be called Bangladesh. This was in the wake of the widespread disturbances in East Pakistan in the beginning of 1971 following the refusal of the military regime of Pakistan headed by Gen Mohammad Yahya Khan to honour the results of the December 1970 general elections in which the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won a majority in the Pakistan National Assembly, says the writer.
Another Indian writer Dr Sarmila Bose writes in her book that the courageous Pakistan Army stood on the eastern front. Bose is niece of Netaji Bose, the great Bharati nationalist. She writes that there is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers dont lie in unthinking vilification of the fighting men who performed so well in the war against such heavy odds in the defence of national policy. Rather, in failing to honour them, the nation dishonours itself.
Another Indian writer Maj Gen D K Palit, Vrc Retired writes in his book The lightning Campaign, that one general misconception must be cleared from the beginning. There has been much speculation as to why Pakistan Army collapsed in Bangladesh: Whereas the fact is that there was nothing like general collapse. In many places as at Hilli, Jamalpur, Khulna and other strongholds, the enemy (Pakistan) put bitter resistance often having to be physically destroyed before the post could be captured to be sure, in certain cases such as Jessore and Mymesingh the enemy withdrew from their defences
before the main assault could be put in, but by and large they fought hard. There were
many defended towns still holding out when the surrender was announced as at Mainamati (Comilly), Khulna, Dinajpur, Saidpur and portion of Sylhet.
Role of RAW in 1971 War was five-fold - thenews.com.pk
