THE COMPELLING STORY OF 4 GUARDS (1 RAJPUT) AND THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAYED IN THE 1971 IND0-PAK WAR WRITTEN BY INDIA’S STORM TROOPER MUKUL DEVA. The Garud Strikes is the compelling story of 4 Guards (1 Rajput) and the critical role they played in the 1971 Ind0-Pak War, in freeing 75 million people from the torturous clutches of the Pakistani Army. In merely sixteen days, under the inspiring leadership of Lt Col. Himmeth Singh, 4 Guards (1 Rajput) played a pivotal role in leading for India one of the fastest successful military campaigns of modern times; one which not only led to the creation of Bangladesh, but also resulted in the capture of 95,000 Pakistani soldiers. Narrated by Mukul Deva, India’s literary storm trooper, in his inimitable, compelling style, The Garud Strikes is the breathtaking story of the lightning campaign, seen through the eyes of the officers, JCOs and men of 4 Guards (1 Rajput).
Product Details
Title:
The Garud Strikes
Author:
Mukul Deva
Publisher:
Westland
SKU:
BK0504972
EAN:
9789360451844
Number Of Pages:
240
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
Reading age :
18 years and up
Country Of Origin:
India
Release date:
6 May 2024
About Author
An alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow, the National Defence Academy, Pune, and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Mukul Deva was commissioned in December 1981, into the Sikh Light Infantry of the Indian Army. He took early retirement from the Army after fifteen years of service, including a decade of combat operations in India and overseas. Now settled in Singapore and widely acknowledged as the ‘Change Maker’, Deva is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and an executive, business and creativity coach. He has also served as a mentor with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Afghanistan Fellowship. Other books written by Mukul Deva are Time After Time … It All Happened (Minerva, 2000), M.O.D.E.L.: The Return of the Employee (Sage, 2006), Lashkar (HarperCollins India, 2008), Salim Must Die (HarperCollins India, 2009), Blowback (HarperCollins India, 2010), Tanzeem (HarperCollins India, 2011), The Dust Will Never Settle (HarperCollins India, 2012), S.T.R.I.P.T.E.A.S.E: The Art of Corporate Warfare (Marshall Cavendish, 2012), R.I.P. (Westland Ltd, 2012), F.C.U.K. Your Way to Success (Westland and Marshall Cavendish, 2013), Weapon of Vengeance (Macmillan, USA, 2014) and And Death Came Calling (HarperCollins India, 2014). For more about the author, please visit his website www.mukuldeva.com.
