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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 ...
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.
Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui HJ SJ (18 July 1935 – 6 September 1965) was a Pakistani fighter pilot.He is best known for his gallant actions in two of the aerial dogfights during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and is a recipient of both the Hilal-e-Jurat (Crescent of Courage) and the Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) military awards from the Government of Pakistan.
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 ]
Squadron Leader Alauddin Ahmed [a] (3 October 1930 — 13 September 1965), known as Butch or Butch Ahmed to his colleagues, was a Pakistan Air Force officer who shot down an IAF Dassault Mystère IV during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 before being Killed in action.
Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH, SJ) Major Aqil Daad, 1965; Captain Sher Badshah Mahsud 5 FF Kashmir War 1948; Major Ziauddin Ahmed Abbasi Shaheed (Received SJ for his fought bravely in Battlefield of Chowinda. Guides Cavalry; 11 September 1965 PA-2163 Lt Col Muhammad Hayat Khan (4FFR) Zafarwal (12 September 1965),
September 6 is now honored annually as Defence Day, a public holiday to commemorate the event. The 11 members of the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously for Resolution 210 to direct Secretary-General U Thant to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Indo-Pakistani War. Joining the five permanent members (the United States, the ...