War

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War[17] was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule, It became the immediate cause of the war.[18] The seventeen-day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armored vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II.[19][20] Hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through UNSC Resolution 211 following a diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration.[21] Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the border between India and Pakistan. This war saw the largest amassing of troops in Kashmir since the Partition of India in 1947, a number that was overshadowed only during the 2001–2002 military standoff between India and Pakistan. Most of the battles were fought by opposing infantry and armoured units, with substantial backing from air forces, and naval operations.

Indo–Pakistani War of 1965

Part of the Indo–Pakistani wars and conflicts

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Geopolitical map of Kashmir provided by the United States CIA, c. 2004

Date 5 August – 23 September 1965

(1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)

Location

Western Front

Indo-Pakistani border

Line of Control, Working Boundary, Radcliffe Line, Sir Creek, and Zero-Point

Arabian sea

Eastern Front

India–East Pakistan border

Result

Stalemate

(Both nations declared victory)

Ceasefire through UNSC Resolution 211

No permanent territorial changes (see Tashkent Declaration)

Return to the status quo ante bellum

Territorial

changes No territorial changes