✦ History

Part of Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

Operation Grand Slam

September 1–6, 1965 · Operation Grand Slam

Result Aborted

A Pakistani armoured thrust in the Chhamb sector toward Akhnur, which stalled when India attacked Lahore.

On the map Contemporaries

India

Pakistan

India
Pakistan
Yahya Khan military commander Akhtar Hussain Malik military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
246
Missing
240
Killed
104

Units

10th Infantry Division (India) 20 Lancers (India) 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Kumaon Regiment Mahar Regiment Punjab Regiment (India) Rajput Regiment Sikh Light Infantry
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps 7th Infantry Division (Pakistan) 11th Cavalry (Frontier Force) 13th Lancers Pakistani 12th Infantry Division (1965)