Official History of the 1971 India Pakistan War

This 874 pages long history of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan has been written in 1992 by the History Division of the Ministry of Defence of India. The document is officially still classified. The version reproduced here can be found on the world wide web. Parts of Chapter I as well as the introduction are missing. Please contact the PHP team if you can provide the missing parts.

History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India: History of the 1971 India Pakistan War, ed. S. N. Prasad et al., New Delhi 1992. {Full Text}

Introduction {?? pp.}

Foreword {1 p.}

Preface {2 pp.}

Abbreviations {6 pp.}

Chapter I: Anatomy of the Crisis {48 pp.}

Chapter II: Sowing the Winds {41 pp.}

Chapter III: Reaping the Whirlwind {17 pp.}

Chapter IV: India Caught in the Turmoil {46 pp.}

Chapter V: The Mukti Bahini Comes of Age {32 pp.}

Chapter VI: The Crisis Deepens (September to November 1971) {81 pp.}

Chapter VII: Defence Postures and Plans {34 pp.}

Chapter VIII: Pakistan Choose War: Operations in J & K {64 pp.}

Chapter IX: The Punjab and Rajashtan Front {66 pp.}

Chapter X: The IAF in the West {46 pp.}

Chapter XI: Naval Operations in the Arabian Sea {28 pp.}

Chapter XII: All-Out War in Bangladesh {63 pp.}

Chapter XIII: March to Dhaka {50 pp.}

Chapter XIV: IAF in the Eastern Theatre {27 pp.}

Chapter XV: The Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal {41 pp.}

Chapter XVI: The Pakistani Surrender {42 pp.}

Chapter XVII: Politics in the United Nations {39 pp.}

Chapter XVIII: In Search of Lasting Peace {38 pp.}

Chapter XIX: Review and Reflections {24 pp.}

Appendix {61 pp.}

List of Persons Interviewed {5 pp.}

Bibliography {6 pp.}