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TheLiberationTimes:Commemorating30YearssinceIndia'sGreatestVictory
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Celebratingthe30thAnniversaryofIndia'sGreatestMilitaryVictory
Vol01:Issue01 Dated22ndNovember1971,Monday
Rupees0.25PaiseArmedForcesonHighAlert
Nov22:TheArmedForceshavebeenputonahighstateofalertfollowingtheoutbreakoffightingattheEastPakistaniborderoverthelasttwodays.TheArmedForcesChiefsheldameetingwiththeDefenceMinister,ShriBabuJagjivanRamonSundayeveningtoapprisehimofthesituation.
SportsNews
Nov22:MohunBagandoesitagain.FavouritesMohunBanganclubtrouncedthechallengerstheAghaKhanclub74inanexcitingandfastpacedFootballmatchtoday.Thestarofthematch...[more]
TheConceptofthissite:TheLiberationTimes[TLT]isacommemorationofthe30thAnniversaryofIndia'sgreatestMilitaryVictoryinthelastcenturyandthebirthofanewnationBangladesh.TLTwilltrackthedaytodayeventsoftheshort14Daywar,thattookplacethirtyyearsback.[More]
ThreePakistaniAirForceJetsdowned22ndNov:Calcutta:TheIndianAirForceinalightningmoveinterceptedthreePakistaniSabrejetsthatwereintrudingoverIndianTerritoryandshotthemdowninaircombat.TheInformationreleasedbytheMinistryofDefenceisfollows.
Atapproximately1500Hours,FourPakistaniAirForceF86SabresbeganattackingIndianArmyForcesattheBoyraPeninsula.
Actingonaradarwarning,FourGnatsfromNo.22SquadronbasedatBarrackporewere
scrambledtointerceptthisformation.FltLtRAMasseyleadingtheformationgavetheordertostrikejustastheenemyplaneswereattackingIndianArmyPositions.
GunCameraPicturesreleasedbytheMoDshowoneofthePakistaniSabresbeinghitbyGunfirefromtheGnats.
TwooftheSabreswereshotdownbyMassey'sformationmembers,FltLtMAGanapathyandFgOffDLazarus.ThewreckagesofboththeaircraftfellinIndianterritory.
FltLtMasseyhimselfshotdownathirdsabrewhichmanagedtoflyacrossintoEastPakistaniTerritoryandcrashlandinChaguachaLake....[ReadFullStory]
OtherReportsMuktiBahinihitsPakistaniTroopTrain
Nov22:Dhaka:DelayedReportscomingfromEastPakistanhavedetailedamassiveraidbytheMuktiBahinionaPakistaniTroopTraininearlyNovember1971.ThisresultedinseverelossestotheEastPakistaniArmy
BlackMarketeerswarned.
Nov22:NewDelhi:TheFinanceMinisterhastodaywarnedagainstblackMarketeersagainsthoardingimportantcommoditiesinviewoftheescalationofhostilities."WehaveleftstrictinstructionswiththepoliceonhowtodealwithsuchkindofAntiNationalElements"theFMsaid.
MarketIndicatorsRe/Dollar:2.25Re/Pound:4.00Gold:30/Tola
NextIssue:3rdDec1971
FierceFightingontheGroundFiercefightinghasbeengoingonintheBoyrasectorforthesecondcontinuousday.
IndianGroundTroopshavedestroyedThirteenChafeeTanksandFiveArtilleryguns.
SourceshaveindicatedthatwehavelostSixofourownPT76Tanks.IntwodaysoffightingatleastFortyofoursoldiershavebeenkilledintheheavyfighting.Thetollwouldhavebeenmuchhigherifnot..[ReadFullStory]
TwoPakistaniPilotscaptured.TheTwoPakistaniAirForcepilotswhobaledoutinIndianterritoryafterbeingshotdownbyIndianAirForceFighterstodaywerecapturedbyIndianArmygroundtroopssoonafterthedramaticairbattle.
AuthoritieshaveshiftedthetwopilotstodetentionfacilitiesinCalcuttawheretheywouldbeinterrogated.
Authoritieshavegiven...ReadFullStory
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