Book Review | Navy's 1971 covert exploits make for breathless readin
Deccan ChronicleIn 1971 the then Naval Chief Admiral S.M. And that was because a bold decision was taken by Indian Navy to launch a covert special operation to target Pakistan’s maritime activity and assets in and around erstwhile East Pakistan. Codenamed ‘Operation X’, the untold story of India’s covert naval war in East Pakistan in 1971was put together in a book with the same title by Captain M.N.R. The book describes how between April and November 1971, this covert naval unit trained 432 Bengali youth and launched them to destroy merchant shipping which sustained the Pakistan Army in the run-up to the 1971 War. They were Commander Vijai Prakash Kapil, Vir Chakra and Petty Officer Chiman Singh, Maha Vir Chakra were part of an ultra-secret Naval Intelligence unit which trained Mukti Bahini naval commandos before the outbreak of the 1971 India-Pakistan War.
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