{"product_id":"pow-1971-a-soldiers-account-of-the-heroic-battle-of-daruchhian-9789354470271","title":"POW 1971 a Soldier's Account of the Heroic Battle of Daruchhian","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war with Pakistan in December 1971 lasted barely two weeks. It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcluded on 16 December with a victory for India and the formation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Bangladesh. But there is a lesser known side to this epic military\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econfrontation-that of the western front, namely Jammu and Kashmir. While\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emany contests on this side of India's border were won, some battles were illfated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heroic battle at Daruchhian in the Poonch Sector was one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cone-shaped feature, approximately 1,000 metres in height, Daruchhian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas of great tactical significance. The fierce clash on its slopes on the night of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 December, however, could not ensure its capture. Many Indian soldiers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere martyred, and the survivors taken prisoner, including Brigadier (then\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor) Hamir Singh, VrC. Heavily injured in battle, he underwent a prolonged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecovery at the Command Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, followed by an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternment at the POW camp in Lyallpur. Hamir Singh's eyewitness account, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecorded by the author, his son Maj Gen Vijay Singh, narrates in riveting detail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat took place on that fateful night and what followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom battle plans that were too perfect to succeed, to soldiers who didn't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egive up, enemies who honoured each others' professionalism, Pakistanis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enostalgic about pre-Partition India, and the shared sorrow and joy that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edissolve boundaries of nation and religion, POW 1971 gives us a view of war, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evalour and humanity that is as heart-wrenching as it is moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354470271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Major General Vijay Singh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41352487010485,"sku":"9789354470271","price":35.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0834f0b2-ba4c-4662-a121-94e30d166c0c.jpg?v=1637034160","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pow-1971-a-soldiers-account-of-the-heroic-battle-of-daruchhian-9789354470271","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}