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Chapter 5: A soldier's story

1. He talks about a war. When was it and which countries were fighting each other? Why?

The Indo-Pakistani War took place the 3rd of December of 1971. It was a conflict between India and Pakistan. It only lasted 13 days, so it's one of the shortest wars of the history. The war killed 3,ooo,ooo civilians in Bangladesh, and up to 400 women were raped by the Pakistani armed forces. Due to the war, 10 million people left the country and went to India.

2. How did the old soldier's stories help Ram with the answer to the next quiz question?

During his story, the soldier told Ram that the highest award for soldiers was the PVC (aka Param Vir Chakra), but he admitted that he had won none of the awards.