Aayo Gorkhali! Cry that won us a war

With 15 days to go for Vijay Divas, India’s first comprehensive war victory in 1,000 years, it is appropriate to recall one of the epic battles of 1971 in East Pakistan, the battle of Sylhet which enabled it. Fought between December 7 and 15, it is the first ever heliborne operation resulting in the surrender of the 7,000-strong Sylhet garrison at the hands of just 500 johnnies of 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (FF).

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