{"id":5835,"date":"2023-02-26T15:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T10:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2025-01-04T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:40:11","slug":"remembering-balakot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2023\/02\/26\/remembering-balakot\/","title":{"rendered":"332: Remembering Balakot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5838 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strike3_660_022619113426-300x205.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strike3_660_022619113426-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strike3_660_022619113426.webp 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">pic courtesy: myvoice.opindia.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">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\u00a0 are still very vivid in the mind as if the events are unfolding just now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">I might forget my own name in old age due to dementia, but I don&#8217;t think the memories of the days from 14 Feb (Pulwama terrorist attack) to 26 Feb 2019 (Balakot Strike) will ever get erased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On morning of 26 Feb 2019, the media came alive and the word &#8220;Balakot&#8221; became the talk of the world.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Balakot is a small place in Manshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.\u00a0The place is about 231 kilometers away from the Line of Control (LoC) with India.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Balakot made international headlines, due to the early morning airstrikes by\u00a0<span class=\"selectedTopic\">the Indian Air Force<\/span> which destroyed the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18.6667px;\">terrorists <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\">camp located there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Remembering Balakot\u00a0 Strike<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>Link to interview with Jugal Purohit on BBC Feb 2020<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2020\/09\/14\/balakot-inter-view-with-bbc-jugal-purohit\/\">https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2020\/09\/14\/balakot-inter-view-with-bbc-jugal-purohit\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">2. <strong>Link to discussion on India TV (Hindi) on 30 Oct 2020.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">\u0930\u093e\u091c \u0915\u094b \u0930\u093e\u091c \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u094b<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"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\/\">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\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3. <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Link to discussion on Sansad TV (English) on 26 Feb 22.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">Balakot Revisited<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2022\/02\/27\/balakot-revisited-26-feb-22\/\">https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2022\/02\/27\/balakot-revisited-26-feb-22\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">4. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Link to discussion on Sansad TV (Hindi) on 26 Feb 22.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">\u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0915\u094b\u091f \u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0907\u0915<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"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\/\">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\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the News Today<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Links to some of the news reports today (With credits and thanks to these news channels and reports.):-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/india-news\/balakot-airstrikes-how-india-air-force-carried-out-a-successful-retaliation-four-years-back-565895\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/india-news\/balakot-airstrikes-how-india-air-force-carried-out-a-successful-retaliation-four-years-back-565895<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2.<a href=\"https:\/\/bharat.republicworld.com\/india-news\/general-news\/indian-air-force-jets-wreaked-havoc-on-terrorists-know-todays-history\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">https:\/\/bharat.republicworld.com\/india-news\/general-news\/indian-air-force-jets-wreaked-havoc-on-terrorists-know-todays-history<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibc24.in\/country\/balakot-air-strike-4-years-ago-india-attacked-terrorists-of-pakistan-1426190.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">https:\/\/www.ibc24.in\/country\/balakot-air-strike-4-years-ago-india-attacked-terrorists-of-pakistan-1426190.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4.<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/marathi.abplive.com\/news\/india\/balakot-airstrike-fourth-anniversary-jammu-kashmir-pulwama-attack-surgical-strike-indian-army-indian-air-force-1155012\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">https:\/\/marathi.abplive.com\/news\/india\/balakot-airstrike-fourth-anniversary-jammu-kashmir-pulwama-attack-surgical-strike-indian-army-indian-air-force-1155012<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5.<a href=\"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\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">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<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6.<a href=\"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\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">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<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7.<a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/trending\/4-years-of-balakot-air-strike-netizens-remember-how-india-avenged-pulwama-terror-attack-197927\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\">https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/trending\/4-years-of-balakot-air-strike-netizens-remember-how-india-avenged-pulwama-terror-attack-197927<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Did Balakot strike have the desired effect?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">My answer is Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><u>Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">For regular updates, please register here<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"V6ddasQCYz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Subscribe&#8221; &#8212; Air Marshal&#039;s Perspective\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/embed\/#?secret=mnOwM7ar6v#?secret=V6ddasQCYz\" data-secret=\"V6ddasQCYz\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>References and credits<\/u><\/p>\n<p>To all the online sites and channels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Disclaimer<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information and data included in the blog are for educational &amp; 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Memories of Feb 2019\u00a0 are still very vivid in the mind as if the events are unfolding just now.\u00a0 &nbsp; I might forget my own name in old age due to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2023\/02\/26\/remembering-balakot\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;332: Remembering Balakot&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,5,19,82,75,56,122,94],"tags":[109,6,7,51,8,39,38,35,60],"class_list":["post-5835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airpower","category-article","category-balakot","category-iaf","category-pakistan","category-warfare","category-weapons","tag-aircraft","tag-airpower","tag-balakot","tag-flying","tag-iaf","tag-india","tag-indian-air-force","tag-pakistan","tag-warfare"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5835"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8986,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835\/revisions\/8986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}