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The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, [25] was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations .
The war, also called the First Kashmir War, started in October 1947 when Pakistan feared that the Maharaja of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu would accede to India. Following partition, princely states were left to choose whether to join India or Pakistan or to remain independent.
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 , [ 12 ] which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an ...
India and Pakistan have a long history of bitter relations over Kashmir. They have fought two of their three wars since 1947 over their competing claims to the region.
First Indo-Pakistani War (1947–1948) [11] [12] Pakistan Azad Kashmir Furqan Force State of Swat [13] Indian National Army [14] India Jammu and Kashmir: Ceasefire [15] Partitioning of Kashmir between India and Pakistan; Waziristan rebellion (1948–1954) Pakistan: Faqir of Ipi's forces Pashtun tribe forces; Supported by Afghanistan [16] [17 ...
Incidents of violence increased in Kashmir Valley, and a full Indo-Pakistani war broke out until a ceasefire was made. 1966 (): On 10 January, the Tashkent Declaration was signed by both countries, agreeing to revert to their pre-1965 positions under Russian mediation. Pakistan-supported guerrilla groups in Kashmir increased their activities ...
On 24 June 2023, Pakistani side alleged that Indian soldiers fired across the line of control (LoC) in the Sattwal sector of Azad Kashmir at a group of Pakistani Kashmiri shepherds from Tatrinote. Two Pakistani Kashmiris were killed and one critically injured as a result of this incident.
After Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Kashmiri nationalists Amanullah Khan and Maqbool Bhat, along with Hashim Qureshi, in 1966, formed another Plebiscite Front in Azad Kashmir with an armed wing called the National Liberation Front (NLF), with the objective of freeing Kashmir from Indian occupation and then liberating the whole of Jammu and ...