IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER FIELD MARSHAL MANEKSHAW BY MAKING A HINDI FILM AFTER HIS DEATH AND HONOURING HIM WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF GIVING HIM THE RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL AFTER THE HISTORIC INDIAS WIN OVER PAKISTAN AND CREATION OF ANOTHER COUNTRY BANGLA DESH.

LT GENERAL JAGJIT SINGH AURORA WAS THE GOC IN C OF THE THEN EASTERN COMMAND BEING A SENIOR OFFICER HE WAS ENTRUSTED THE TOUGH JOB OF LIBERATION OF BANGLA DESH AS MANEKSHAW WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE THEN PRIME MINISTER MRS INDIRA GANDHI AND WAS A PARSI HE WAS AWARDED THE BATON AND GIVEN THE HIGHEST HONOUR OF FIELD MARSHAL MANEKSHAW BUT THE MAIN ARTICHECT WHO WAS LEADING THE 1971 WAR WAS ONLY HONOURED BY SHEIKH MUJIBUR REHMAN HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CAPTURING 93,000 PAKISTANI OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WITH HIS BATTLE TACTICS BUT THE THEN PRIME MINISTER MRS INDIRA GANDHI TOTALLY REFUSED TO GIVE HIM THE RANK OF GENERAL OF INDIAN ARMY AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY RETIRED AS LT GENERAL ONLY EVEN MANEKSHAW HAD WRITTEN IN HIS BOOK THAT THE MAIN WAR HERO WAS LT GENERAL JAGJIT SINGH AURORA ALONG WITH LT GENERAL JFR JACOB BUT HE RECEIVED THE BATON THAT IS RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL WHEREAS LT GENERAL AURORA WAS THE OFFICER WHO WAS TO BE REWARDED WITH THE RANK OF GENERAL DURING THAT TIMES BUT HE WAS RETIRED JUST AFTER THE 1971 WAR GOT OVER WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO.

MANEKSHAW WAS A PARSEE AND MRS INDIRA GANDHI WAS ALSO FROM PARSI COMMUNITY THE LAURELS WHICH JAGJIT SINGH AURORA BROUGHT PAKISTAN ON ITS KNEES WITH THE ARREST OF GEN A.A.K. NIAZI WITH 93000 OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS

AND LASTLY I HAVE TO SAY THAT ONE DAY SOME FILM DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER WILL MAKE A HINDI FILM ON LT GENERAL J.S. AURORA AND HONOUR HIM WITH PRIDE AND DEVOTION FOR CAPTURING 93000 PAKISTANI SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS AND MADE THEM PRISONERS OF WAR GENERAL A.A.K. NIAZIS PISTOL WHICH WAS SEIZED BY LT GEN AURORA IS STILL KEPT IN THE ARCHIEVIES OF GOLDEN TEMPLE AMRITSAR

EVEN TODAY WHEN I GO TO BANGLA DESH ALL SIKHS ARE RESPECTED WITH HONOUR AND PRIDE AS IT WAS ONLY LT GENERAL AURORA WHO WAS THE GOC IN C OF EASTERN COMMAND DURING THE WAR TIMES AND LIBERATED BANGLADESH BUT HE WAS NOT GIVEN A HEROS WELCOME ON HIS RETURN AFTER CAPTURING 93000 OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF PAKISTANI FORCE WHICH IS A GUINEES BOOKS OF WORLD RECORDS FOR CAPTURING 93000 PRISONERS OF WAR ALIVE SO WE CAN ONLY HONOUR HIM BY MAKING A HINDI FILM ON HIS LIFE AND TIMES FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETD MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA