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India's National Debt of Honor
to The Indian Army |
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by Dr. Subhash Kapila |
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Indians all over the world today feel proud to be a part of an India on the move towards emerging as a key global player. Indians also feel proud that today the Indian nation state figures in the strategic calculus of all the global powers because of its unfolding strengths, political stability and economic growth. At such a solemn moment it becomes incumbent on every patriotic Indian to ponder for a moment the tremendous contribution made by the Indian Army to the emergence of the Indian Republic and the sustained defence of its national sovereignty and India's national interests. When so pondering, Indians should imagine as to what would have become of India had the Indian Army followed the path followed by the Pakistan Army in Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan got independence at the same time and both these Armies were heirs to the glorious traditions fostered in the old British Indian Army. The political leadership in both India and Pakistan were devoid of a strategic culture and grasp of national security and matters strategic. How is it that while the Pakistan Army soon embarked on a history of military coups and military dictatorships lasting till today, the Indian Army in marked comparison continued to be apolitical and also partook in nation building activities besides its primary task of defending India's far flung and remote frontiers.
It took research by an American Professor to highlight that India's independence was considerably hastened by the British Intelligence Services reports that the Indian Army officers were becoming restive for independence and that the British |
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