Remembering Balakot

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Due to some some vague reason, last night I got up at 3 AM and remembered this day four years back. Memories of Feb 2019  are still very vivid in the mind as if the events are unfolding just now. 

 

I might forget my own name in old age due to dementia, but I don’t think the memories of the days from 14 Feb (Pulwama terrorist attack) to 26 Feb 2019 (Balakot Strike) will ever get erased.

 

On morning of 26 Feb 2019, the media came alive and the word “Balakot” became the talk of the world. Balakot is a small place in Manshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The place is about 231 kilometers away from the Line of Control (LoC) with India.

 

Balakot made international headlines, due to the early morning airstrikes by the Indian Air Force which destroyed the terrorists camp located there.

 

Remembering Balakot  Strike

 

1. Link to interview with Jugal Purohit on BBC Feb 2020.

https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2020/09/14/balakot-inter-view-with-bbc-jugal-purohit/

 

2. Link to discussion on India TV (Hindi) on 30 Oct 2020.

राज को राज रहने दो

https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2020/10/30/%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8b/

 

3. Link to discussion on Sansad TV (English) on 26 Feb 22.

Balakot Revisited

https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2022/02/27/balakot-revisited-26-feb-22/

 

4. Link to discussion on Sansad TV (Hindi) on 26 Feb 22.

आपका मुद्दा बालाकोट स्ट्राइक

https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2022/02/28/%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%9f-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d/

 

In the News Today

 

Links to some of the news reports today (With credits and thanks to these news channels and reports.):- 

 

1. https://www.wionews.com/india-news/balakot-airstrikes-how-india-air-force-carried-out-a-successful-retaliation-four-years-back-565895

 

2.https://bharat.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/indian-air-force-jets-wreaked-havoc-on-terrorists-know-todays-history

 

3.https://www.ibc24.in/country/balakot-air-strike-4-years-ago-india-attacked-terrorists-of-pakistan-1426190.html

 

4.https://marathi.abplive.com/news/india/balakot-airstrike-fourth-anniversary-jammu-kashmir-pulwama-attack-surgical-strike-indian-army-indian-air-force-1155012

 

5.https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/balakot-air-strike-jai-hind-trends-on-twitter-as-netizens-mark-the-4th-anniversary-of-indias-response-to-the-pulwama-terror-attack

 

6.https://www.jagran.com/news/national-balakot-air-strike-day-script-of-iaf-strike-written-after-pulwama-attack-pak-vs-indian-army-surgical-strike-jagran-special-23341236.html

 

7.https://odishatv.in/news/trending/4-years-of-balakot-air-strike-netizens-remember-how-india-avenged-pulwama-terror-attack-197927

 

Did Balakot strike have the desired effect?

My answer is Yes

 

 

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