Articles in the Journal reflect the views and conclusions of the authors and not necessarily the opinions or policy of the Centre or any other institution. [...] The two leaders discussed the complex nature of relations between the two countries and the importance of managing competition responsibly. [...] India is currently celebrating the Golden anniversary of the victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan war that resulted in the liberation of Bangladesh. [...] Navy’s role was not expected to be a very big one.6 In the guise of security, the Army Chief applied the “need-to-know” principle to such an extent that even the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and the joint intelligence and planning staff were not kept in the picture. [...] Twenty days after the imperial legacy of the decision on partition of the subcontinent, the Armed Forces Reconstitution Committee (AFRC) was set up under the chair of AVM Perry Keene, for the PAF “to be created as such on the 15th August 1947.”3 The distribution of the eight fighter and two transport squadrons of the IAF between the two dominions, became a contentious Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhur.
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