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India’s first conflict to Operation Sindoor: 5 shifts remodeling its army energy
In November 1947, simply weeks after Independence, Kashmir was below siege. Pakistan-backed tribal raiders had superior quickly, reaching the very outskirts of Srinagar. Their remaining goal was the airfield—the delicate lifeline linking the Valley to the remainder of India. Shedding it might have meant shedding Kashmir altogether. At Badgam, Main Somnath Sharma and fewer than…