Panchkula, May 23 -- Air Commodore Jawahar Lal Bhargava (retd), during his recent visit to The Gurukul, shared his spine chilling story from the 1971 Indo Pak war. The recent incident in Pahalgam's Baisaran, where terrorists demanded that tourists recite the Kalma before opening fire, sent shivers down the spine of the war hero. He recalled a similar ordeal during the 1971 India-Pak war, when he was captured by Pakistani forces.

On December 5, 1971, Bhargava, then a young Flight Lieutenant, embarked on his first sortie beyond enemy lines. Taking off from Barmer Air Force Station in Rajasthan, he piloted an HF-24 Marut aircraft on a mission to launch an attack. However, his plane was hit by ground fire, forcing him to eject. Bhargava's ai...