Interesting Fragment of Early History of the West German Intelligence Agency

Middle-east arms deals and the CIA. This documentary was over two years in the making, and was done with assistance from the BND. There is hope, ...

On the illegal shipment of fighter jets to India in 1966, see Indo-Pakistani War of 1965:

Before the war, the United States and the United Kingdom had been major material allies of both India and Pakistan, as their primary suppliers of military hardware and foreign developmental aid. During and after the conflict, both India and Pakistan felt betrayed by the perceived lack of support by the western powers for their respective positions; those feelings of betrayal were increased with the imposition of an American and British embargo on military aid to the opposing sides.

Indira Ghandi, daughter of Prime Minister Nehru was elected Prime Minister of India in 1966. The Mountbattens were there

The Nehru Memorial Fund still awards a scholarship to Indian PhD students to Canbridge: https://www.cambridgetrust.org/scholarships/scholarship/?award=43 See also 1950 University of Cambridge Chancellor election where the Chancellorship of the University was offered to Nehru in the first instance, and then later Mountbatten was suggested as a possible successor to South African Statesman and philosopher Jan Smuts.

At 32 mins 33 secs you get some idea of how influential the Mountbattens were in India at 33 minutes 42 (2022 seconds) Vijaya Pandit, sister of Nehru, talks about Mountbatten's support for India.

So, how did a Nazi taxi-driver with a Daimler end up working for the BND and shipping arms to India? Connections. See The CIA’s Worst-Kept Secret: Newly Declassified Files Confirm United States Collaboration with Nazis.

On the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, see Lal Bahadur Shastri:

He led the country during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. His slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" ("Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer") became very popular during the war. The war formally ended with the Tashkent Agreement on 10 January 1966; he died the following day, still in Tashkent, with the cause of his death in dispute and it was reported to be a cardiac arrest but his family was not satisfied with it. Shastri was a Nehru and Congress loyalist. Nehru was his mentor and was fond of Shastri. Although Shastri faced stiff opposition from within his party, his relationship with Nehru aided his ascension to the office of Prime Minister.

Here's Shastri's son Sunil talking about his father

You can read about "Operation Polo" here: Indian annexation of Hyderabad. See also Montbatten's comments on the annexation of Hyderabad in this interview at 8 minutes 44 seconds:

The Mountbattens attended Shastri's funeral in India in 1966:

The coverage of Shastri's inauguration was rather low-key, however. There was no British Royalty in sight!

See Orwell in Burma and Robert I Watson.