As of now the prevailing notion is that the war narration is too technical and hence the significance is sometimes lost in the details.
The Indian government has embarked on an ambitious mission to rewrite parts of the history of all major war expeditions undertaken by the Indian Army. According to an English daily, the government has taken up the plan to educate the future generations about India's rich war history.
As of now, the prevailing notion is that the war narration is too technical and hence the significance is sometimes lost in the details. This new project will not only include the accounts of all the wars post Independence but also those from the pre-Independence era, when the Indian soldiers fought for the British. To make it interesting for young readers, the plan is to release telefilms, comic books alongside conventional books. The government hopes to wrap up the whole project by 2020-22.
The project will kick-off as early as September 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war with Pakistan. The government has planned a month-long celebration to mark India's victory over its neighbour in the war, reports the national daily. In December 2016, the history of 1971 war will be published. In 2019, simplified history of the Kargil war will be published to mark its 20th anniversary. Similarly history from World War I and II, relating the Indian Army's participation, is slated to be published sometime in 2019-20.
Operation Pawan undertaken by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka in 1987 will be marked with release of its history in 2017. Interestingly though, the history of 1962 war with China, which ended in a resounding defeat, has been pushed back for release to the fag end. So the project is likely to end with the release of the China war history around 2020-22. The government is also unlikely to publish the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report which reportedly severely indicted the then government for lack of intelligence and other factors.
"A soldier is a soldier, whichever the government that directs him to go to war. The idea is to make the history and valour of Indian soldiers available in readable formats," a senior officer to the newspaper.
At a time when the number of youth applying to the Indian Army has dipped considerably, it will be interesting to see if this 'reader friendly' version of war history helps in any way to spike the application numbers.
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