New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- As US President Donald Trump warned India for importing oil from Russia, Indian Army on Tuesday took a dig by posting a news clip of August 1971 which highlighted the role played by the US
in arming Pakistan "since 1954." The news clip was shared in a social media post by the Eastern Command.
The news, published few months before the India-Pakistan War of 1971 that led to creation of Bangladesh, talks about the role US had played in arming Pakistan the preceding nearly two decades. "US Arms Worth $2 Billion Shipped to Pakistan Since '54," the headline says.
The report quotes VC Shukla, then minister for defence production, who had told the Rajya Sabha about the estimated valuation of the arms supplied for that period...