OPERATION X Paperback

"OPERATION X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakistan 1971" reveals the hidden history of one of the most audacious and impactful clandestine operations in modern naval warfare. Co-authored by Captain M.N.R. Samant, a key figure in the mission, and journalist Sandeep Unnithan, this book meticulously details how the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Intelligence formed a secret unit, Naval Commando Operations (X), to disrupt Pakistani maritime supply lines during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Through daring underwater sabotage, the training of hundreds of Bengali youth into combat swimmers, and the strategic deployment of gunboats, this operation played a pivotal role in crippling Pakistan's war effort in the East and ultimately facilitated the birth of Bangladesh.