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  2. World War III - Wikipedia

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    Such a conflict has been hypothesized to come close to or lead to human extinction. World War III, World War 3, WWIII, WW3, or the Third World War are the names given to a hypothetical global conflict subsequent to World War I and World War II. The term has been in use since as early as 1941. [1] Some apply it loosely to limited or more minor ...

  3. World War III in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    World War III, sometimes abbreviated to WWIII, is a common theme in popular culture. Since the 1940s, countless books, films, and television programmes have used the theme of nuclear weapons and a third global war. [1] The presence of the Soviet Union as an international rival armed with nuclear weapons created persistent fears in the United ...

  4. Sam Manekshaw - Wikipedia

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    Sam Manekshaw. Field Marshal Samsherji Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw [3] MC (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur (" Sam the Brave "), was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal (5 stars).

  5. Kargil War - Wikipedia

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    Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict Location of Kargil along the Line of Control in Kashmir Date 3 May – 26 July 1999 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh), India Result Indian victory India regains possession of Kargil Territorial changes Status quo ante bellum Belligerents India Pakistan Commanders and ...

  6. Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Pakistani Army Position, MG1A3 AA, 1965 War. This war started following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against rule by India. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan.

  7. Bhavishya Malika Puran - Wikipedia

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    Kaliyug ka Ant (End of Kaliyuga) 2. Mahavinash (Great destruction) 3. Aadya Satya Yug Ka aagman (The coming of new age). According to this book, 13 Islamic countries along with China will attack India. And third world war will begin when Saturn enters into Pisces. This war will continue for 6 years and 6 months.

  8. Bengal famine of 1943 - Wikipedia

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    The Bengal famine of 1943 was an anthropogenic famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 0.8–3.8 million people died, in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions ...

  9. Subhas Chandra Bose - Wikipedia

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    Subhas Chandra Bose (/ ʃ ʊ b ˈ h ɑː s ˈ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ b oʊ s / ⓘ shuub-HAHSS CHUN-drə BOHSS; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and military failure.