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The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's unsuccessful Operation Gibraltar,[ 11] which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an ...
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Siachen conflict (1984–2003) Kargil War. Cross-border skirmishes and military standoffs: 1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes. 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff. 2008 India–Pakistan standoff. 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmishes. 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes.
The aerial phase of the war began on 1 September 1965, when the Indian Air Force (IAF) responded to an urgent call for air strikes against the Pakistani Army (which had begun Operation Grand Slam. The IAF quickly launched 26 aeroplanes (12 de Havilland Vampires and 14 Dassault Mystère IVs) to blunt the Pakistan Army's offensive in Chhamb. [ 17]
The Battle of Asal Uttar ( Hindi : असल उत्तर , [ a] Punjabi: ਅਸਲ ਉੱਤਰ [ 7]) was one of the largest tank battles fought during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It was fought from 8 to 10 September 1965, when the Pakistan Army thrust its tanks and infantry into Indian territory, capturing the Indian town of Khemkaran ...
The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Peace was achieved on 23 September through interventions by the Soviet Union and the United States, both of which pushed the two warring countries towards a ceasefire in an attempt to avoid any escalation that could draw in other powers.
Operation Gibraltar was the codename of a military operation planned and executed by the Pakistan Army in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India in August 1965. The operation's strategy was to covertly cross the Line of Control (LoC) and incite the Muslim -majority Kashmiri population's uprising against the Indian Government. [ 11]
Pakistan planned to serve several purposes through this operation. First was to assess the response of the Indian government and military, [6] which was relatively unstable under the governance of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri after the death of India's first Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and the loss in the 1962 Sino-Indian war. [4]
Battle of Haji Pir Pass (1965) / 33.97949597805813°N 74.08401990093815°E / 33.97949597805813; 74.08401990093815. The Battle of Haji Pir pass was a military engagement from 26 to 28 August 1965, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and resulted in India capturing the entire Haji Pir bulge including the 8,652 feet high Haji Pir pass in ...