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This is true story.......Pakistani should have courage to accept truth. Every time they defeated against indians.In 1947, 1965, 1971 & Kargil War.

Manoj Vankar

The previous "article" was a joke. It was obviously copied in full, and rather inelegantly, from a completely pro-Indian site.

I reverted it since I thought this might be vandal work-if it doesn't belong on the wikipedia, put it in votes for deletion or replace it-don't just erase it all -Cookiemobsta

My mistake, I will try to find and/or compose a more unbiased account; in the meantime though, isn't a short NPOV summary the best option?

Perhaps leave the old article, and add a NPOV warning at the top?--MaxPower 20:13, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)

Yeah, I can see what you're saying. I put it on the RC patrol so a wikipedia vet could take a look at it, but I won't revert it again -Cookiemobsta

I am reverting this article. The personal testimony of one person is certainly not POV. It certainly looks like it was lifted verbatium from http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1971War/Suresh.html which is explicitly marked as copyright. Alex

[edit] It still seems a copyvio

The current article seems to be copied from [1], an issue of the Strategic Affairs magazine.

I do not think the sentence ..."In fact the entire offensive was so audacious that it bordered on the verge of absurdity" is NPOV...and besides this article still has a pro-Indian slant to it. (Saurabhb 14:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC))

One of those lines was taken from a Pakistani army general recounting the misfortune in Longewala. Just because history sounds bad it doesn't obviously mean it's POV. Idleguy 07:56, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

yes, but that quote should have been attributed to the Pakistani general..otherwise it looks as if the writer has been airing his own personal point of view....if the name of that Pakistani general is mentioned than I have no problem with including it..otherwise it is POV...(Saurabhb 12:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC))

I took it from a source which i'm unable to trace, but i've commented it out and reworded it to make it more neutral in tone. Idleguy 18:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanx (Saurabhb 21:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC))

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[edit] Battle Of Longewala Controversy

Retired Maj. Gen. Atma Singh, who received the Vir Chakra for gallantry at Laungewala, told Hindustan Times that no ground battle was fought and the army had merely rehearsed it on a sand model after the ceasefire to cover up the incompetence of senior military commanders. Sumanch (talk) 02:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)