Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
August 5 – September 23, 1965
Result Inconclusive
The second war over Kashmir, begun by Pakistan's covert Operation Gibraltar and fought to a stalemate in Kashmir and the Punjab; it ended with a UN ceasefire and the Tashkent Declaration.
Battles 7
August 5–31, 1965
Operation Gibraltar
Pakistani operational failure
Operation Gibraltar
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, Akhtar Hussain Malik, Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
September 1–6, 1965
September 7–11, 1965
September 7, 1965
September 8–10, 1965
Battle of Asal Uttar
Indian victory
Battle of Asal Uttar
Harbaksh Singh, Thomas K. Theogaraj, Abdul Hamid Khan
September 10–11, 1965
September 14–19, 1965
Battle of Chawinda
Inconclusive
Battle of Chawinda
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, Harbaksh Singh, Bakhtiar Rana
Key commanders
India 8
Lal Bahadur Shastri
belligerent leader
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri
military commander
Harbaksh Singh
military commander
Arjan Singh
military commander
Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
military commander
Rajinder Singh Sparrow
military commander
Ardeshir Tarapore
military commander
Thomas K. Theogaraj
military commander
Pakistan 13
Ayub Khan
military commander
Yahya Khan
military commander
Akhtar Hussain Malik
military commander
Abrar Hussain
military commander
Malik Nur Khan
military commander
Muhammad Musa
military commander
Raja Aziz Bhatti
military commander
Bakhtiar Rana
military commander
Abdul Hamid Khan
military commander
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri
military commander
Harbaksh Singh
military commander
Amjad Ali Chaudhri
military commander
Ardeshir Tarapore
military commander