{"id":424531,"date":"2025-12-11T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=424531"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:23:48","slug":"opinion-blog-the-real-ikkis-story-the-21-year-old-who-stopped-pakistan-in-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=424531","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Blog | The Real Ikkis Story: The 21-Year-Old Who Stopped Pakistan In 1971"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khetarpal’s bravery denied the Pakistan Army a vital breakthrough on December 17, 1971, on India’s western border, and kept them from gaining control of the road to Jammu. Pakistan lost 48 tanks in the Battle of Basantar.<\/p>\n

\u200bKhetarpal’s bravery denied the Pakistan Army a vital breakthrough on December 17, 1971, on India’s western border, and kept them from gaining control of the road to Jammu. Pakistan lost 48 tanks in the Battle of Basantar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khetarpal’s bravery denied the Pakistan Army a vital breakthrough on December 17, 1971, on India’s western border, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t