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Battle of Badgam

November 3, 1947 · Battle of Badgam

Result Indian victory

An Indian company held off a tribal lashkar near Srinagar airfield; Major Somnath Sharma was killed.

On the map Contemporaries

Pakistan

India

Pakistan

India

Somnath Sharma military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 1,000
Killed: 200–300

Strength: 50–70
Killed: 15–22
Wounded: 26

Units

Tribal lashkar (1947)

Indian Armed Forces Indian Army Indian 161st Infantry Brigade (1947) Indian Air Force