New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Despite India's efforts and the advice to Pakistan of some powers, to arrive at a political settlement with its eastern wing, having failed, by August 1971 it was clear that India was left with no alternative but to go to war. Overall, the Indian Army had a clear quantitative edge over Pakistani forces in East Pakistan (to be referred as the Eastern theatre) and a rather small edge in the Western theatre. However, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy (IN) had a reasonable qualitative and quantitative advantage over their Pakistani counterparts. The Indian Armed Forces after the 1965 war and in the period preceding the 1971 operations had built up their arsenals to satisfactory levels. Overall, India's mi...