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6 Daily Ibrat [4] (Urdu: عبرت) Sindhi: Hyderabad, Karachi, Sukkur, Lahore, Islamabad. 1958 International and regional news 7 Daily Jang (Urdu: روزنامہ جنگ) Urdu: Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, London 1946 Second-oldest continuously published Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan 8 Daily Nawa-i-Waqt
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 began with Pakistan sending Mujahid into the Kashmir Valley to incite the population into rebellion and dislocate the local installations. [6] [a] In the second stage, on 1 September, it launched a tank attack, dubbed Operation Grand Slam, towards the Akhnoor bridge in the Jammu Division.
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 , [ 17 ] which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an ...
6 September – Border disputes over Kashmir erupt into full-scale war as Indian forces attack near Lahore. [3] [4] 14 September – The Battle of Chawinda commences. [5] 23 September – A ceasefire is implemented in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. [6] The United States supplied the nuclear research reactor through its "Atoms for Peace" program.
The Pakistani Army commenced Operation Grand Slam at 0500 hours on 1 September 1965. The Akhnoor sector was lightly defended by four Indian infantry battalions and a squadron of tanks. The infantry was stretched thin along the border and the AMX-13 tanks were no match for the Pakistani M47 Patton and M48 Patton tanks.
1 September: Pakistan initiates Operation Grand Slam capturing more than 490 square kilometres of territory from Kashmir including the town of Chumb; 6 September: Second Full-scale war erupts between Pakistan and India over Kashmir. 7-8 September: Operation Dwarka is carried out with no losses on either side
Hilal-i-Istaqlal (Urdu: ہلالِ استقلال) is an honour awarded to civilians in Pakistan.The name translates as Crescent of Independence.. In 1966, the Government of Pakistan awarded Hilal-i-istaqlal to Lahore, Sargodha and Sialkot for showing severe resistance to the enemy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 as these cities were targets of the Indian advance. [1]
Raja Aziz Bhatti [a] (6 August 1928 – 12 September 1965) was a Pakistani military officer. Born in British Hong Kong, Bhatti attended the Queen's College and was later drafted into the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1944, first serving at the rank of the seaman recruit and as the tower watchman.