Lt Gen JFR Jacob is not an armchair warrior-- he was responsible in setting up the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini in April 1971, and oversaw their operations

Lt Gen JFR Jacob is not an armchair warrior-- he was responsible in setting up the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini in April 1971, and oversaw their operations

- Lt Gen JFR Jacob is not an armchair warrior. He took part in operations in World War II in the middle east and Burma he was wounded in Burma..He has dealt with terrorism and insurgency over a period of many years.

- As a young Major, he took part in intensive counter insurgency operations in Sumatra 1945/1946.

- In 1970, he was responsible for setting up the army counter insurgency school in Mizoram.

- He was in charge of anti-Naxal operations in West Bengal in 1969-1971. The then Chief Minister Siddharta Shankar Ray used to say: 'Jake and I, we broke the Naxals.'

He was responsible for planning and conduct of the operations in East Pakistan in 1971 and converting a cease fire pro posed under the UN into an unconditional public surrender, the only one in history.

- In 1974/1975 the army intercepted two Naga gangs going to China [Jacob camped at Mokochong to conduct operations]. The army attacked their bases and finally forced the insurgents to sign the Shillong Accord in 1975. Twelve years of peace followed.

- He oversaw operations in Mizoram and got the hostiles to the negotiating table in Calcutta. [Calcutta Conference, 1978).

- On the other side of the coin, he was responsible in setting up the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini in April 1971, and oversaw their operations.

- In October 2007, he was invited to speak to the American military, State Department and CIA at Capitol Hill. The lecture was broadcast live. The US Marine Corps subsequently requested permission to incorporate parts of the talk in their counterinsurgency doctrine.