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Mumbai Jews remember 1971 war hero Lt Gen JFR Jacob

February 22, 2016 3:29 am

On Sunday, Mumbai’s Jewish community united at the Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue in south Mumbai for a memorial service to pay tribute to the 1971 war.

For those who gave their today

September 14, 2012 3:38 am

India needs a national war memorial to honour those killed in combat

This was between the Army and the ministry. It should never have spilled into the public

April 03, 2012 3:12 am

Lieutenant General (retd) JFR Jacob was one of the main architects of the 1971 operations that led to the creation of Bangladesh. In this Walk the Talk with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7,Jacob speaks about the honour that Bangladesh bestowed on him this year and the friction between the bureaucracy and the army

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