India captured Haji Pir Pass in 1965 after a daring operation, but returned it in 1966 at Tashkent, losing a vital infiltration block; decades later, that strategic blunder by Congress still fuels cross-border terror and haunts India’s national security
- Excerpt: Major (later Lt Gen) Ranjit Singh Dayal led the elite 1st Para Special Forces through the treacherous Hyderabad Nallah. With just biscuits in their packs, they struck under cover of rain and darkness.
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