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In 1971 India waged a momentous war against Pakistan. But before all-out war an even more significant tank battle was fought on 21 November 1971 by the C Squadron 45 Cavalry which demolished the Pakistani General A.A.K. Niazi's plans of victory and set the stage for the utter routing of the Pakistani Army. . Equipped with the amphibious PT-76 tanks the Indian Army's C Squadron 45 Cavalry was unleashed to swim across the River Kabodak near the Boyra salient (now in Bangladesh) to counter the thre...See More