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54 POWs Who Never Returned Back From Pakistan

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Dipendra Singh   August 25, 2020 Prisoner of 1971 war 49 years since the 1971 war, 54 Pow’s captured in Pakistan. But still, none of them returned back to their motherland, though many reports arrived time to time ensuring there presence in Pakistan. Last year after the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan, Punjab’s CM Capt. Amrinder Singh raised the issue of POW. But still, Pakistan refused the capture of the 54 Indian soldiers. Pakistan never admitted their presence in Pakistan, instead, India released nearly 1,00,00 Pakistani POW’s in 1971. Relatives of 15 POWs reached every Prime Minister of India since 1971 war, from Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi; but there was no positive news. Though Government managed to plan 2 visits of POW’s relatives to Pakistani jails in 1984 & 2007, then also they returned empty-handed. A family member of POWs united under ‘Missing Defence Personnel Relative Association’. In 2011 Gujarat High Court order to Centre ...
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Flight Lieutenant Vijay Vasant Tambay

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  BACKGROUND: Flight Lieutenant Vijay Vasant Tambay's aircraft was shot down on December 5, 1971 over West Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Officially recorded by the Indian Air Force as killed in action, Flt Lt Tambay is believed to have been one of the five pilots reported by Pakistan Observer to have been captured alive on 5 December 1971. Although a number of reports from eye witnesses have subsequently suggested that Flt Lt Tambay was indeed captured alive, he was not repatriated at the end of the war.      STORY Damayanti Tambay was married to Flt lt VV Tambay a year before the 1971 war. She believes he is still languishing in some jail across the border. Her one wish? To bring him back.   Her struggle to bring him back home finds echoes in the lives of the family members of 54 such missing defense personnel from the 1971 Indo Pak War. Together they have formed a group 'Missing Defense Personnel Association' which, over the years, has been trying...
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