arjunk
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India never attacked on Pakistan for PAK kashmir and GB.... But, Pakistan always a aggressor when comes to kashmir... It is still debatable that "why we did not take advantage after winning the WAR". Criticisms started in India after few days only against Indira Ghandi for missed opportunity.
Indira Gandhi is the most ruthless ruler of India. There is no way she started 1971 out of the goodness of her heart. CIA reports revealed Indian objectives included breaking West Pakistan into several small countries and taking Kashmir. India started the war by arming Mukhti Bahini.
India tried to invade West Pakistan, capture all of Kashmir and half of Sindh, and balkanise the rest.
However, India failed to make any significant progress in West Pakistan. It lost land in Punjab and Southern Kashmir. Indian gains in Sindh were completely insignificant, while Pakistan's gains in Punjab were a threat to India.
This is evident from the fact that India despite capturing far more territory than Pakistan, was forced to return all of it. In Kashmir, Chamb was too valuable to loose in exchange for the return of a few barren hills in Ladakh. So the LoC was formed along ceasefire positions. On top of that, Pakistan got over 90,000 PoWs back from India.
If India had the true upper hand against Pakistan, Pakistan would loose far more territory possibly including all of Kashmir. But the reality is Pakistan was defeated only by Bangladesh in the Eastern front. Otherwise, Bangladesh would become part of India.
Make no mistake, if India was a real threat to West Pakistan, the British, Americans, and Chinese would D-day 2.0 at Bombay. The Soviets would not risk total annihilation just for India.