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In happier news, I had the opportunity to actually conduct a quiz, at an #IIMAlumni get-together in Kolkata at which my book #DecemberInDacca was among five showcased. Photos pending, will share as soon as I can. Big thanks to IIMB AA Kolkata, for hosting me 🙏🏾
@BrainsTrustIn @livefist @ksrtfl @QuillSabre @UKinIndia More to come ... and more in my book, #DecemberInDacca:
In my 2022 book #DecemberInDacca, on #BangladeshLiberationWar 1971, I write of just & necessary wars. On Saturday 20 September @Sampan_Travel will host me at @YangonExcelsior to talk on how it went down, in the face of powerful Cold War interests. Looking forward to it!!
… Whether or not authentic, the legend speaks to the Indian armed forces’ & Wg Cdr Parker’s 20 Sqn’s sky-high moral. More about their war in the @BrainsTrustIn video below, & in my book #DecemberInDacca …
https://t.co/A16boKtCYP
@dailystarnews ... And here's an excerpt from my book on the subject, #DecemberinDacca:
https://t.co/qWfWwwsLCs
Yet another 1971 veteran lost. I never had the opportunity to meet Air Marshal Bawa, but did interact in some detail with several of the officers who flew under his command in 1971. The introductory paragraphs from that chapter in my book, #DecemberInDacca:
https://t.co/lt8E1kRcoH
The Minhi Lion of Longewala has passed away aged 92. This post is detailed narrative of his career and a celebration of a life well lived.
#IAFHistory
Had the opportunity and honour to write in the premiere Bangladeshi paper @dailystarnews on the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence / Bangladesh Liberation War. A privilege to be carried by a Bangladeshi paper:
https://t.co/NRTNYfOqxN
@vayusena @rwac48 @yezdiforever @GulPanag @anshumig #BoyraDay didn't quite mark the formal start of the #1971War - that had to await the Pakistan Air Force's ill-advised Op CHENGIZ KHAN, on 3 December. We're almost there.
More about all these ops, in my book #DecemberInDacca:
3: Answer: The #BangladeshLiberationWar 1971 - & the horrific holocaust in East Pakistan.
The holocaust was immeasurably worsened by Kissinger's desire to protect his China outreach, that year.
More in forthcoming tweets, & in my book #DecemberInDacca
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In July 1971, 51 yrs ago, US then-NSA Kissinger secretly visited Communist China, then without diplomatic relations. Nine months later Indian PM Indira Gandhi signed a treaty of Friendship with brand-new Bangladesh PM Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. What connects these two events? .../2
93: ... Whether or not authentic, the legend speaks to the Indian armed forces', & Wg Cdr Parker's 20 Sqn IAF's sky-high morale. More about their war in @BrainsTrustIn video below, and in my book, #DecemberInDacca ... /94
https://t.co/6TwFTapTd2
Should have added, #TheForgottenFewIAF & #DecemberInDacca are both available on Amazon & Flipkart - at quite a nice discount, in India at least:
https://t.co/EVcjdC5eT0
https://t.co/dCHEtSG3Rv
@TheBrownBeagle Thank you @TheBrownBeagle Completely agree the story of the 1971 #Bangladesh Liberation war deserves to be better known internationally. Can’t wait to read #DecemberinDacca
#HistoryWritersDay22
#DecemberInDacca has also received some complimentary reviews, online & off, but for now is available only in India. Hoping there will be sufficient interest outside India to justify an international edition 🙏🏽
#HistoryWritersDay22
My third book is #DecemberInDacca, also @HarperCollinsIN. It covers the Indian armed forces in #BangladeshLiberation1971, a war very little written-about (& with contested narratives), but described as the last “just war”. Deserves to be better known
#HistoryWritersDay22
79: #BoyraDay didn't quite mark the formal start of the #1971War - that had to await the Pakistan Air Force's Op CHENGIZ KHAN, on 3 December. We're almost there.
More about all these ops, in my book #DecemberInDacca:
70: In short, a great deal was happening in late Oct & early Nov 1971, as stormclouds of the #1971War gathered.
We are now close to 22 Nov, a date that Indian aviation enthusiasts (& the IAF Gnat brotherhood) remember, with good reason. More in my book, #DecemberInDacca …
[Warning, more self-publicity:]
It's been a week of #DecemberInDacca PR by old college buddies. Former hostel-mate, civil servant & Ambassador of India Lal Ralte presented copies of my book to Lt Gen Abdus Salaam Chowdhury & Maj Gen John Holmes, both of the #bangladesharmy: /2
![TheBrownBeagle's tweet photo. [Warning, more self-publicity:]
It's been a week of #DecemberInDacca PR by old college buddies. Former hostel-mate, civil servant & Ambassador of India Lal Ralte presented copies of my book to Lt Gen Abdus Salaam Chowdhury & Maj Gen John Holmes, both of the #bangladesharmy: /2 https://t.co/zYXVY7acBe](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff-OTyhaYAAPi3o.jpg)
![TheBrownBeagle's tweet photo. [Warning, more self-publicity:]
It's been a week of #DecemberInDacca PR by old college buddies. Former hostel-mate, civil servant & Ambassador of India Lal Ralte presented copies of my book to Lt Gen Abdus Salaam Chowdhury & Maj Gen John Holmes, both of the #bangladesharmy: /2 https://t.co/zYXVY7acBe](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff-OJF_acAAzOn7.jpg)
![TheBrownBeagle's tweet photo. [Warning, more self-publicity:]
It's been a week of #DecemberInDacca PR by old college buddies. Former hostel-mate, civil servant & Ambassador of India Lal Ralte presented copies of my book to Lt Gen Abdus Salaam Chowdhury & Maj Gen John Holmes, both of the #bangladesharmy: /2 https://t.co/zYXVY7acBe](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff-OJF-aUAUqTg-.jpg)
More to come, on this & other stories of the run up to and of the #1971War and Bangladesh Liberation 51 years ago, in several books including my own #DecemberInDacca 🙏🏽
Thanks for reposting this nice rvw, @Mark3Ds 🙏🏽 (& getting a in a pic of @adityascripts, who hosted me at @TakshashilaInst 😄. #DecemberInDacca's had some fun events, tho' some on-line: @ThePrintIndia with @sneheshphilip, Takshashila with Aditya, & @AwaaraMusaafir with Jayesh:
@AckBig @TheBrownBeagle Indeed--a post on @TheBrownBeagle's latest book https://t.co/jqGASjTHAU @Hush_Kit #Dhaka #Bangladesh #IndianHistory
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