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Ian Cardozo

A new book re-creates the dramatic battle of Chhamb between India and Pakistan in 1965

An excerpt from ‘1965, Courage Unleashed: Short Stories of the Indo-Pak War’ by Ian Cardozo.

Ian Cardozo
· Aug 22, 2024 · 01:30 pm
From the war annals: An operation by the Indian Army’s Gorkha regiment in Sri Lanka

An excerpt from ‘Beyond Fear: True Stories on Life in the Indian Armed Forces’, by Ian Cardozo.

Ian Cardozo
· Aug 18, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘I severed what was left of it’: When an Army officer amputated his own leg after a landmine blast

An excerpt from ‘Cartoos Saab’, by Ian Cardozo, who was deployed in present-day Bangladesh during the 1971 war.

Ian Cardozo
· Nov 24, 2022 · 08:30 am

A former army general’s book recreates key episodes and battles of India’s 1971 war with Pakistan

In this excerpt, retired Major General Ian Cardozo recounts the time India got to know of Pakistan’s war plans.

Ian Cardozo
· Jun 18, 2021 · 08:30 am