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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 ...
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 ]
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.
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 following events occurred in September 1965: September 1, ... September 6 is now honored annually as ... Pakistan now celebrates September 8 as Victory Day ...
The Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred after the failure of Operation Gibraltar in Jammu and Kashmir on 1 September 1965. Pakistan Air Force under Operation Grand Slam and Indian Airforce under Operation Riddle engaged with each other with the last aerial combat taking place on ...
1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. 1966 – Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.