Rachna Bisht Rawat

1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories Rachna Bisht Rawat

<p><b> On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, revisit its battlefields through stories of bravehearts from the army, navy and air force who fought for a cause that meant more to them than their own lives</b><br><br><i> Why do the Gorkha soldiers of 4/5 GR attack a heavily defended enemy post with just naked khukris in their hands?</i><br><br><i> Does Pakistan find out the real identity of the young pilot who, after having ejected from a burning plane, calls himself Flt Lt Mansoor Ali Khan?</i><br><br><i> What awaits the naval diver who cuts made-in-India labels off his clothes and crosses into East Pakistan with a machine gun slung across his back?</i><br><br><i> Why is a twenty-one-year-old Sikh paratrooper being taught to jump off a stool in a deserted hangar at Dum Dum airport with a Packet aircraft waiting nearby?</i><br><br><i>1971 </i>is a deeply researched collection of true stories of extraordinary human grit and courage that shows you a side to war that few military histories do.</p>