It was a bright sunny Monday on 22 November 1971, except that we seemed…
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Brig Ajit Apte
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Brig Ajit Apte
An alumnus of the NDA and commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on 20 December 1970, Brig Ajit Apte is a second-generation Army Officer. He took part in the Liberation War in 1971 in the Khulna and Jessore sectors and thereafter, also served in the Western sector. He is a Research Scholar from the Department of Defence & Strategic Studies University of Pune.
It was a warm afternoon in early September 1971, and I had ordered fried…