Pow 1971: a soldier's account of the battle of Daruchhian (Record no. 361213)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789363362444
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Classification number 954.053 SIN
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Personal name Singh, Vijay
9 (RLIN) 19954
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Title Pow 1971: a soldier's account of the battle of Daruchhian
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Speaking Tiger Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025
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Extent 236 p.
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Summary, etc. The war with Pakistan in December 1971 lasted barely two weeks. It concluded on 16 December with a victory for India and the formation of Bangladesh. But there is a lesser known side to this epic military confrontation—that of the western front, namely Jammu and Kashmir. While many contests on this side of India’s border were won, some battles were ill-fated. The heroic battle at Daruchhian in the Poonch Sector was one of them.<br/>A cone-shaped feature, approximately 1,000 metres in height, Daruchhian was of great tactical significance. The fierce clash on its slopes on the night of 13 December, however, could not ensure its capture. Many Indian soldiers were martyred, and the survivors taken prisoner, including Brigadier (then Major) Hamir Singh, VrC. Heavily injured in battle, he underwent a prolonged recovery at the Command Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, followed by an internment at the POW camp in Lyallpur. Hamir Singh’s eyewitness account, recorded by the author, his son Maj Gen Vijay Singh, narrates in riveting detail what took place on that fateful night and what followed.<br/>From battle plans that were too perfect to succeed, to soldiers who didn’t give up, enemies who honoured each others’ professionalism, Pakistanis nostalgic about pre-Partition India, and the shared sorrow and joy that dissolve boundaries of nation and religion, POW 1971 gives us a view of war, valour and humanity that is as heart-wrenching as it is moving.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Indo-Pakistani War
9 (RLIN) 19955
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Topical term or geographic name entry element History of the Indian subcontinent
9 (RLIN) 19956
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2026-05-30   954.053 SIN 186085 2026-05-30 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2026-05-30 499.00

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