Henry Kissinger
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Yearender 2023: Top 10 prominent world personalities who passed away this year
World | Dec 23, 2023, 04:08 PM ISTSeveral local leaders, politicians, businessmen and lawyers who captured the world's attention with their work passed away in the year 2023. Their work has left an indelible ink on the geopolitical landscape of the world as well as future global policies.
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Henry Kissinger dies: How the controversial foreign policy figure failed to 'scare' India in 1971
Explainers | Nov 30, 2023, 03:40 PM ISTKissinger and Nixon did not hide their dislike of India and its leaders, even calling ex-PM Indira Gandhi a "b**ch* and accusing her of "starting a war" before the 1971 conflict. Kissinger attempted to scare India during the 1971 India-Pakistan war by convincing the Chinese to intervene.
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Henry Kissinger dies at 100: Ten facts about former US Secretary of State
World | Nov 30, 2023, 08:39 AM ISTKissinger's power grew during the turmoil of Watergate, when the politically attuned diplomat assumed a role akin to co-president to the weakened Nixon.
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'Pakistan backtracked on promise of granting freedom to East Pakistan'
World | Nov 25, 2016, 06:21 PM ISTIn a stunning disclosure, former US diplomat Henry Kissinger has said that Pakistan had promised then US President Richard Nixon in November 1971 that it will grant independence to East Pakistan. However, a month later,
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India is now entering the Asia equation dominated by China: Henry Kissinger
World | Jan 30, 2015, 07:50 AM ISTWashington: India is now entering the Asia equation which as of now is being dominated by China, a former top US diplomat and national strategist said today, days after President Barack Obama's successful visit to