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Why Modi gets his military history wrong
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Why Modi gets his military history wrong
If only Cariappa/Thimayya/Chaudhari/Manekshaw were given a free hand, there’ll be no PoK, the Chinese would have been taught a lesson, 1965 would have slain the Pak demon and in 1971 just another fortnight’s fighting after Bangladesh and West Pakistan would have been occupied.’
‘No authoritative military account suggests anything remotely like any of these…’
‘…Chronologies, names, even periods get mixed up, but, never mind, because the point — strong Army denied by cowardly Congress — is made.’
‘This is where Modi is coming from,’ points out Shekhar Gupta.