![]() Ran Vijay admitted that his father differed in tactics and strategy with the higher command, and mentioned how courageously he lived his life. Niazi, Thus as a signatory to the surrender, Gen Aurora was only authorized to take the surrender.” Said another Lt Gen (Retd) Shamsher Mehta.Īfter the instrument of surrender signed on December 16,1971 Indira Gandhi visited Dhaka and profusely thanked Gen Sagat Singh, a six -footer and saw to it that he stayed in Dhaka to assist the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government.Ĭol (Retired) Ran Vijay Singh, his son described how his father always led from the front and, no matter how difficult a mission was, carried the under-command with him, how even as a very senior commander, he exposed himself routinely to danger, how he narrowly escaped death many times at many places, how he went beyond the call of duty and achieved the “task plus” by capturing Dhaka in a very unique way. “You have to look at the document of surrender, it states that Gen Aurora from the Indian side will take the surrender of the Pakistani forces from the commander of the Pak forces Gen A.A. Randhir Singh described the Pakistani General AA Khan Niazi as a coward, vulgar and unskilled general incapable of handling his forces. During the Liberation War Randhir Sinh was the ADC to Lt Gen Sagat Singh. He can be compared with the best of Generals of both the first and the second world wars.” Said his contemporary Maj General (retired) Randhir Sinh, who authored a book on him. His knowledge of the operational art was perhaps without parallel. His is the only example in the Indian army history. When operations commenced, his Corps relentlessly attacked and defeated the Pakistani forces, crossed river lines and terrain considered impossible is an innovative use of helicopters has never been repeated. In 1971, in a major logistic achievement, he moved and staged his Corps at Agartala. He was a born hero and it seemed his whole life was geared to leading a Corps into battle. “Lt Gen Sagat joined the army as a sepoy kin the erstwhile Indian princely state of Bikaner and rose to become a Lt General.
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