This morning’s Business Standard had this interesting piece of information which my readers would like to read following my original post on Airlift.
“How AI landed in Guinness
Business Standard | New Delhi Feb 01, 2016 09:04 PM IST
A just-released Hindi movie, Airlift, has brought the evacuation of over 117,000 Indians from Kuwait in the wake of the Gulf War back in focus after more than 25 years. Incidentally, the whole episode got listed in the Guinness World Records (GWR, then known as The Guinness Book of Records), thanks to the efforts of Jitender Bhargava, who headed the public relations department of Air India back then. After 20-odd days of issuing daily media updates about the operation, he wrote to the editor of GWR one day to find out if any record of evacuation by a civil airliner existed. The editor replied in the negative. So after the operation was over, Bhargava sent GWR a detailed letter on the evacuation and Guinness accepted it as a record. A few months later, a new edition of the GWR was published with Air India’s achievement duly listed.”
sad that the circumstances demanded such a record…
but GLORIOUS that it was achieved!
and so efficiently. such a lot of souls saved. wonderful.
and now… one for the history books.
I am in entire agreement with you.
Good for him for getting the proper credit recognized.
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Yes, otherwise, it would have simply been forgotten!
Tammy nailed it with her comments. This stuff needs to be remembered –
I agree.
Another stupendous accomplishment for India, thanks to Jitender Bhargava.
blessings ~ maxi
JB simply ensured that Guinness Book of Records got the details. I think that the achievement was in the airlift perse.