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From East Pakistan to Bangladesh: Recollections of 1971 Liberation War
by Brigadier R P Singh (Retd) and Hitesh Singh
Vitasta
ISBN: 9789390961375
Pages: 545 | Price: Rs 995
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Even as the United States, China and virtually the entire Islamic world stood by Pakistan despite its butchery of civilians in its eastern wing that became an independent Bangladesh, one country which quietly sided with India – despite being shunned diplomatically by New Delhi – was (…)
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