War Of 1965 - Pakistan Vs India (Why did the 1965 war happen?)
Few people know that the 1965 war between India and Pakistan was founded on a small skirmish in the remote areas of the Rann of Kuch, an entire desert where a few herdsmen occasionally used their Sheep and goats used to graze or strays were sometimes patrolled by policemen. Strategically, Pakistan was at a great advantage here because their railway station was Badin, just 26 miles away from this area. The rail distance to Karachi was only 113 miles and this was the headquarters of Pakistan's 8th division. On the other hand, all the routes to reach Kuch field were almost inaccessible from the Indian side.
It was 180 km away from Bojh, a small town in the area, but Matrazia was 110 miles away from the Pakistani border. An 18-mile-long dirt road has been built for this road. This road used to go within one and a half miles of the Indian border at many places. India protested on this issue at the local and diplomatic level. ordered to conduct more aggressive patrols in this area. On the other hand, during the march, India also built Sardar Chowki, half a kilometre south of Jajarkot. India had to be embarrassed when Pakistan invited domestic and foreign journalists.
After showing the weapons and ammunition left by the Indian soldiers, the commander of Pakistan, General Tikka Khan, ordered Brigadier Azhar to attack and destroy the newly built Sardar Chowki of India. They were ordered to capture two more Indian outposts named Sardar Chowki Jangal and Shalimar. After 14 hours of fierce attack by the police officers posted at the checkpoint, Brigadier Azar ordered them to stop shelling. During this time, the police officers assigned to guard the Sardar checkpoint went two miles back to the Wazir Kot checkpoint.
The Pakistanis do not know about it. Chala and he also ordered his soldiers to withdraw back to the same place from where they had started the attack in the morning. The post was recaptured without a fight. DC Chakrabati in his book History of Indo-Pak War 1965 commented that the commander of Pakistan's 51 Brigade handled the operation with as much clumsiness as the Brigadier of India's 31 Infantry Brigade. On April 24, Pakistani troops under the leadership of Brigadier Iftikhar Janwa captured Sarabib. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, India sent something to Major General Dunn from Mumbai. Meanwhile, Pakistan also sent the entire 8th Infantry Division from Karachi.
The Pakistani city of Hyderabad was called. At that time, Lt. Col. Sunderji, the commander of the brigade in the area, wearing police uniform, inspected the area and suggested that India should attack Kajar Court, but the government did not accept his advice. This same Sunderji became the Army Chief of India and in the same area he conducted a famous military exercise in 1987, which brought the armies of India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
Chief Air Marshal Asghar Khan called Air Marshal Arjum Singh, Chief of the Indian Air Force, and offered that the air forces of both countries should keep their distance from the war, even though Asghar Khan mentioned the incident in his Swan Amri, The First Round. No, but it was later speculated that this may have been the reason Ayub Khan removed him from his position and made Air Marshal Noor Khan the head of the Pakistan Air Force just days before the war began. On April 24, Pakistani troops under the leadership of Brigadier Iftikhar Jandbwa captured Sarabib.
They used two entire tank regiments of artillery for this and the Indian troops had to retreat. Both soldiers had to be embarrassed by the British intervention when Pakistan invited local and foreign journalists to show the weapons and ammunition left by the Indian soldiers. India's then Deputy Chief of Staff, General Kumar Mughalum, said that the battle for India was the wrong war at the wrong time against the right enemy. It fell heavily on India, but due to this,
Pakistan also got this misunderstanding and it also caused them a lot of loss that the Kashmir war will prove to be a cakewalk for them, says former High Commissioner of India and Pakistan Shankar Bajwai This encounter proved to be a boon for India as it made them aware of Pakistan's intentions. When Pakistan launched Operation Gibraltar three months later, the Indian Army was already prepared to deal with them.
