{"product_id":"1971-charge-of-the-gorkhas-and-other-stories-9780143454366","title":"1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rachna Bisht Rawat\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Veer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Veer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy do the Gorkha soldiers of 4\/5 GR attack a heavily defended enemy post with just naked khukris in their hands?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoes 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?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy 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?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e1971 \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.","brand":"Penguin Veer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45081879412887,"sku":"9780143454366","price":260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143454366.webp?v=1769200723","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/1971-charge-of-the-gorkhas-and-other-stories-9780143454366","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}