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Beneath the Orange Rain | R&AW, India

2023/8/21
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In August 1971, a group of Bangladeshi commandos, backed by the Indian secret service, hid in the Sundarbans to cut off Pakistani Navy's access to Bangladesh, aiming to cripple their campaign and support the wider plot to expel Pakistani forces from Bangladesh.

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The year is 1971, and deep in the marshy mangrove forests of East Pakistan, a crack team of Bangladeshi commandos move silently through the Ganges Delta.

Backed by the recently-formed Indian secret service, they're on a mission that will strike a crippling blow against their enemies. A mission that could help to decide the future of a nation.

Daisy Ridley joins authors and screenwriters Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket to reveal the details of a daring sabotage operation in the lead-up to the Third Indo-Pakistani War.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Frank Palmer. Music by Nick Ryan.

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