Mr. M. C. Dikshit Gallery
Mr. M. C. Dikshit passes away at 105. Om Shanti.
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Death of an Indian pilot, and lost history of a CIA plot to kill a Chinese premier. 
Newspaper clip from The Indian Express, Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Here is a link to the YouTube episode of Cut The Clutter on ​the Kashmir Princess crash by Shekhar Gupta of The Print
Disaster in the Air: The Crash of the Kashmir Princess, 1955.      By Colonel A. K. Mitra's first hand account, Published in 2001.
This book is detail version of the incident with some slightly different information. This book is a must read for anyone interested in learning more about the Kashmir Princess incident.
The three survivors of the Air-India Constellation crash come down the gangplank of the frigate H.M.S. Dampier, assisted by sailors 4/14 on their arrival here. They were barred from seeing the press amidst Red Chinese charges of American - directed sabotage of the plane on which eight Red Chinese delegates to the free-Asia conference in Indonesia lost their lives. The three Survivors are (left to right: Co-Pilot M.C. Dixit: flight navigator J.C. Pathak and engineer A.S. Karnick.