Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin Indo-Pak na 1971, a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1971, an kama mijin Tambay, Vijay Vasant Tambay, Flight Lieutenant na Sojojin Indiya a matsayin abokin gaba da Sojojin Pakistan. Sakamakon haka, Tambay ya ɗauki matakai da yawa don dawo da mijinta tare da sauran fursunonin yaƙi 46, amma bai yi nasara ba kuma ra'ayin hukuma na Sojojin Indiya shi ne cewa duk mutanen da suka ɓace sun mutu. A shekara ta 1971, Damayanti Tambay ta lashe lambobin mata na kasa guda uku a jere. Amma ta sanar da yin ritaya a 1971, yana da shekaru 23 bayan da aka kama mijinta a cikin abin da ya faru a cikin yakin Indo-Pakistan na 1971
da ta sha alwashin cewa ba za ta ci gaba da aikinta a Badminton ba har sai ta dawo da mijinta ko ta sami tabbacin cewa mijinta ya mutu.