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Indian 4 Division, launched a well-conducted attack north and east from its positions around Jibannagar, skillfully bypassing or overwhelming resistance to enter Jhenida on 7 December. Like 9 Division, however, the leadership of the 4th was distracted by a flank objective. In this case, when a hasty attempt to capture Kushtia and the Hardinge Bridge miscarried, the senior commanders overreacted and diverted the entire division to the north. Although the Indian advance helped urge Pakistan’s 57 Brigade in its retreat across the Ganges, by the time 4 Division had returned to the Magura area (14 December), it was too late to participate in the drive for Dacca. The division made a fine crossing of the Madhumati (albeit against light resistance) and took the surrender of the broken remnants of Pakistani 9 Division at
344:. An Indian success at Garibpur on 21/22 November was particularly significant, as it allowed the Indian 9th Division to gain considerable ground towards Jessore and resulted in the virtual destruction of the lone Pakistani armored squadron in the area. The action at Garibpur, however, also alerted the Pakistanis to the 9th Division’s proposed line of advance. As a result, the division quickly became embroiled in a tough and costly slogging match on 4 and 5 December once the full-scale conflict broke out. This fight took its toll on the Pakistanis too, however, and the exhausted 107 Brigade abandoned 308: 416: 1954: 2786: 3006: 90: 26: 352:
except for sleepy dogs and chickens, not a soul stirred. Doors were wide open; all kinds of personal belongings littered the roads. It looked like the end of East Pakistan.”48 The Indians occupied Jessore later that day, but Major General Dalbir Singh, the 9th Division commander, allowed himself to be distracted by
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The Pakistani division headquarters and other remnants fled east toward the Madhumati River. A Pakistani officer recalled that “The front here had crumbled completely...Withdrawal quickly turned into a rout.” Riding into Jessore in the dawn hours of 7 December, he noted, “It looked like a ghost town,
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The 9 Division’s reserve force, 50 Para Brigade, engaged in a brief skirmish at Khajura north of Jessore on 8 December before being pulled out the next day for transfer to the western front. A planned two-company airborne attack by 8 Para near Jhenida was called off as unnecessary. The “Red Eagles,”
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placed especial stress on its capture. Dacca was not mentioned except in some contingency plans for crossing the Padma (Ganges) at Faridpur and Goalundo Ghat. Paying little attention to possible operations against the chief city of East Pakistan, therefore, Raina planned to advance on two axes with
328:(the only infantry division in the east, it had more motor vehicles and heavier artillery than its mountain counterparts); the corps was later reinforced by 50 Parachute Brigade (minus one battalion). Under Lieutenant General 440:. 1 Division had 1 Armoured and 43 Lorry Brigade, a scheme it retained till after the 1971 War, when armoured divisions were changed to a three-brigade layout, and 43 Lorry Brigade became 43 Armoured Brigade. 332:('Tappy'), the 20 infantry battalions of II Corps were to take Khulna, Jessore, Goalundo Ghat, Faridpur, and the Hardinge Bridge. Convinced that Khulna was one of the keys to East Pakistan, General 1489: 1988: 1693: 356:
and turned his entire division toward an objective that was supposed to be taken by a brigade. The town held out stoutly for the remainder of the war in the face of repeated attacks.
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is expected to take slightly longer. The troops had been hanging on the border in combat readiness for 10 months, and the harsh weather and
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on 16 December. Indian Army and BSF troops from Bengal Area under Major General P. Chowdry made limited gains on the Satkhira axis.
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was an enormous logistical exercise, with costs running into hundreds of crores of rupees. Demobilisation began from
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Operations by Indian troops and Mukti Bahini during late November had secured a sizable enclave between Bayra and
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4th Division in the north towards Jhenida and 9th Division aiming for Jessore on the southern approach.
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on the night of 6/7 December, withdrawing south to Khulna in considerable confusion.47
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Celebration of 20 years of Kargil Victory at Kharga Corps (2 Corps), July 2019
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Vision, Courage and Service: Life and Times of General T.N. Raina, MVC
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The corps moved to its present location in January 1985. The
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and the Jammu sector. While it took 28 days for the initial
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48th Raising Day of Kharga Corps (2 Corps), October 2019
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and saw action two months later in December. During the
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took a heavy toll on both the men and their equipment.
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India
Indian Army
Corps
Corps

Western Command
Ambala
Lt Gen
VSM
General
Tapishwar Narain Raina
Lieutenant General
Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
Lieutenant General
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Lieutenant General
B.C. Nanda
Lieutenant General
Hanut Singh
General
V. K. Singh
General
Manoj Mukund Naravane
I Corps
III Corps
corps
Indian Army
Ambala
T N Raina

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