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class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Other armed engagements</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_armed_engagements-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other armed engagements subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_armed_engagements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Siachen_conflict" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Siachen_conflict"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Siachen conflict</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Siachen_conflict-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Standing_armed_conflicts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standing_armed_conflicts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Standing armed conflicts</span> 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<span>Incidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nuclear_weapons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nuclear_weapons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Nuclear weapons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nuclear_weapons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Annual_celebrations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Annual_celebrations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Annual celebrations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Annual_celebrations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Involvement_of_other_nations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Involvement_of_other_nations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Involvement of other nations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Involvement_of_other_nations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle In popular culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indian_films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Indian films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pakistani_films,_miniseries_and_dramas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pakistani_films,_miniseries_and_dramas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Pakistani films, miniseries and dramas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pakistani_films,_miniseries_and_dramas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Bibliography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Primary_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Primary sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indicko-p%C3%A1kist%C3%A1nsk%C3%A9_v%C3%A1lky" title="Indicko-pákistánské války – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Indicko-pákistánské války" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konflikter_mellem_Indien_og_Pakistan" title="Konflikter mellem Indien og Pakistan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Konflikter mellem Indien og Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflicto_entre_India_y_Pakist%C3%A1n" title="Conflicto entre India y Pakistán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Conflicto entre India y Pakistán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جنگ‌ها و درگیری‌های هند و پاکستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جنگ‌ها و درگیری‌های هند و پاکستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84-%ED%8C%8C%ED%82%A4%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%9F%81" title="인도-파키스탄 전쟁 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인도-파키스탄 전쟁" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1-%D5%B0%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Պակիստանա-հնդկական հակամարտություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պակիստանա-հնդկական հակամարտություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7" title="भारत पाकिस्तान युद्ध – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारत पाकिस्तान युद्ध" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perang_dan_konflik_India%E2%80%94Pakistan" title="Perang dan konflik India—Pakistan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Perang dan konflik India—Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_indo-pakistane" title="Guerre indo-pakistane – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Guerre indo-pakistane" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%E2%80%93%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9F" title="מלחמת הודו–פקיסטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מלחמת הודו–פקיסטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8_%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%98%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ಭಾರತ-ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ ಯುದ್ಧಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘರ್ಷಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತ-ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ ಯುದ್ಧಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘರ್ಷಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ინდოეთ-პაკისტანის კონფლიქტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინდოეთ-პაკისტანის კონფლიქტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijas%E2%80%94Pakist%C4%81nas_kari" title="Indijas—Pakistānas kari – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Indijas—Pakistānas kari" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" 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data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiaas-Pakistaanse_Oorlog" title="Indiaas-Pakistaanse Oorlog – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Indiaas-Pakistaanse Oorlog" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7" title="भारत पाकिस्तान युद्ध – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भारत पाकिस्तान युद्ध" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B0%E3%83%91%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89" title="印パ戦争 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="印パ戦争" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-pakistanske_kriger_og_konflikter" title="Indo-pakistanske kriger og konflikter – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Indo-pakistanske kriger og konflikter" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konfliktar_mellom_India_og_Pakistan" title="Konfliktar mellom India og Pakistan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Konfliktar mellom India og Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A8rras_Indopaquistanesas" title="Guèrras Indopaquistanesas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Guèrras Indopaquistanesas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%DA%BA" title="پاک بھارت جنگاں – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پاک بھارت جنگاں" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="Индо-пакистанский конфликт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="भारतपाकिस्थानयुद्धम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="भारतपाकिस्थानयुद्धम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijsko-pakistanske_vojne" title="Indijsko-pakistanske vojne – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Indijsko-pakistanske vojne" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Индијско-пакистански ратови – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Индијско-пакистански ратови" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijsko-pakistanski_ratovi" title="Indijsko-pakistanski ratovi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Indijsko-pakistanski ratovi" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intian_ja_Pakistanin_suhteet" title="Intian ja Pakistanin suhteet – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Intian ja Pakistanin suhteet" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konflikten_mellan_Indien_och_Pakistan" title="Konflikten mellan Indien och Pakistan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Konflikten mellan Indien och Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir dispute</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistan_India_Locator_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pakistan_India_Locator_2.png/300px-Pakistan_India_Locator_2.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pakistan_India_Locator_2.png/450px-Pakistan_India_Locator_2.png 1.5x, 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style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div><i>Direct engagements:</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><b>Wars:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">First Kashmir War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Second Kashmir War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict (1984–2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li></ul> <b>Cross-border skirmishes and military standoffs:</b> <ul><li>1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indo-Pakistani_standoff" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff">2008 India–Pakistan standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">2016 Indian Line of Control strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_India-Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes">2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes</a></li></ul> </li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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1947–1948">War of 1947–48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1965" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1965">War of 1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">War of 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001–02 standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2008 India–Pakistan standoff">2008 standoff</a></li></ul> <p><b>Other conflicts</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Canberra_shootdown" title="1959 Canberra shootdown">1959 Canberra shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistan_Breguet_1150_Atlantic_shootdown" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown">1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown</a></li></ul> <p><b>Border skirmishes</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_India-Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes">2023</a></li></ul> <p><b>Strikes</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">LoC 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">Balakot 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jammu_and_Kashmir_airstrikes" title="2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes">J&amp;K 2019</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of British India</a> in 1947 and subsequent creation of the <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">dominions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, the two countries have been involved in a number of wars, conflicts, and military standoffs. A long-running <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">dispute over Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism" title="State-sponsored terrorism">cross-border terrorism</a> have been the predominant cause of conflict between the two states, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>, which occurred as a direct result of hostilities stemming from the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a> in erstwhile <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian independence movement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Movement" title="Pakistan Movement">Pakistan Movement</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Partition_of_India.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Partition_of_India.PNG/220px-Partition_of_India.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Partition_of_India.PNG/330px-Partition_of_India.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Partition_of_India.PNG/440px-Partition_of_India.PNG 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Four nations (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon (Sri Lanka)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Burma">Burma</a>) that gained independence in 1947 and 1948</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a> came in 1947 with the sudden grant of independence.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan,_2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan,_2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was the intention of those who wished for a Muslim state to have a clean partition between independent and equal "Pakistan" and "Hindustan" once independence came.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambedkar,_1946_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambedkar,_1946-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nearly one third of the Muslim population of India remained in the new India.<sup id="cite_ref-Dixit,_2002_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dixit,_2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inter-communal violence between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims resulted in between 200,000 and 2 million casualties leaving 14 million people displaced.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan,_2007_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan,_2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalbotSingh20092_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalbotSingh20092-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Springer_Science_&amp;_Business_Media_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer_Science_&amp;_Business_Media-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely states</a> in India were provided with an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession" title="Instrument of Accession">Instrument of Accession</a> to accede to either India or Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wars">Wars</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg/220px-Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg/330px-Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg/440px-Indian_soldiers_fighting_in_1947_war.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>Indian soldiers fighting in the 1947 war</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948</a></div> <p>The war, also called the <b>First Kashmir War</b>, started in October 1947 when Pakistan feared that the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Kashmir and Jammu</a> would accede to India. Following partition, <a href="/wiki/Princely_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely states">princely states</a> were left to choose whether to join India or Pakistan or to remain independent. Jammu and Kashmir, the largest of the princely states, had a majority Muslim population and significant fraction of Hindu population, all ruled by the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> <a href="/wiki/Hari_Singh" title="Hari Singh">Hari Singh</a>. Tribal Islamic forces with support from the army of Pakistan attacked and occupied parts of the princely state forcing the Maharaja to sign the <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession_(Jammu_and_Kashmir)" title="Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)">Instrument of Accession</a> of the princely state to the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a> to receive Indian military aid. The UN Security Council passed <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_47" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 47">Resolution 47</a> on 22 April 1948. The fronts solidified gradually along what came to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a>. A formal cease-fire was declared at 23:59 on the night of 1 January 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Offl_Hist_1947_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Offl_Hist_1947-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 379">&#58;&#8202;379&#8202;</span></sup> India gained control of about two-thirds of the state (<a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Valley" title="Kashmir Valley">Kashmir Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>) whereas Pakistan gained roughly a third of <span class="nowrap">Kashmir (<a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>).</span> The Pakistan controlled areas are collectively referred to as Pakistan administered Kashmir.<sup id="cite_ref-South_Asia_in_World_Politics_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Asia_in_World_Politics-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Kingfisher_History_Encyclopedia_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Kingfisher_History_Encyclopedia-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Zealand_Defence_Quarterly_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Zealand_Defence_Quarterly-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perspectives_on_Kashmir:_the_roots_of_conflict_in_South_Asia_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perspectives_on_Kashmir:_the_roots_of_conflict_in_South_Asia-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistani_Army_Position,_1965_War_Footage_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png/220px-Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png/330px-Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png/440px-Pakistani_Army_Position%2C_1965_War_Footage_2.png 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>Pakistani Army Position, MG1A3 AA, 1965 War</figcaption></figure> <p>This war started following Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Operation_Gibraltar" title="Operation Gibraltar">Operation Gibraltar</a>, which was designed to infiltrate forces into <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> to precipitate an insurgency against rule by India. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West Pakistan</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavid_R._Higgins2016_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavid_R._Higgins2016-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERachna_Bisht2015_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERachna_Bisht2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and USA and the subsequent issuance of the <a href="/wiki/Tashkent_Declaration" title="Tashkent Declaration">Tashkent Declaration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon2008_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon2008-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India had the upper hand over Pakistan when the ceasefire was declared.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USLib_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USLib-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hagerty_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hagerty-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg/220px-1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg/330px-1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg/440px-1971_Instrument_of_Surrender.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="666" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/A._A._K._Niazi" title="A. A. K. Niazi">A. A. K. Niazi</a>, the commander of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Eastern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Eastern Command">Pakistan Eastern Command</a>, signing the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="Pakistani Instrument of Surrender">instrument of surrender</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> on 16 Dec 1971, in the presence of India's <a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh_Aurora" title="Jagjit Singh Aurora">Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ussdiablo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ussdiablo.jpg/220px-Ussdiablo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ussdiablo.jpg/330px-Ussdiablo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ussdiablo.jpg/440px-Ussdiablo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="876" /></a><figcaption>Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/PNS_Ghazi" title="PNS Ghazi">PNS&#160;<i>Ghazi</i></a>, the Pakistani submarine which sank during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War under mysterious circumstances<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> off the <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a> coast.</figcaption></figure> <p>This war was unique in the way that it did not involve the issue of Kashmir, but was rather precipitated by the crisis created by the political battle brewing in erstwhile <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>) between <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman" title="Sheikh Mujibur Rahman">Sheikh Mujibur Rahman</a>, Leader of <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Khan" title="Yahya Khan">Yahya Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a>, leaders of West Pakistan. This would culminate in the declaration of Independence of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> from the state system of Pakistan. Following <a href="/wiki/Operation_Searchlight" title="Operation Searchlight">Operation Searchlight</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_atrocities" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Bangladesh atrocities">1971 Bangladesh atrocities</a>, about 10 million Bengalis in East Pakistan took refuge in neighbouring India.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India intervened in the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh liberation movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes,_2002_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes,_2002-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Star,_2011_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Star,_2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After a large scale <a href="/wiki/Operation_Chengiz_Khan" title="Operation Chengiz Khan">pre-emptive strike</a> by Pakistan, full-scale hostilities between the two countries commenced. </p><p>Pakistan attacked at several places along India's western border with Pakistan, but the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> successfully held their positions. The Indian Army quickly responded to the Pakistan Army's movements in the west and made some initial gains, including capturing around 15,010 square kilometres (5,795 square miles)<sup id="cite_ref-Shuja_Nawaz_2008_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shuja_Nawaz_2008-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-https_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-https-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of Pakistani territory (land gained by India in Pakistani Kashmir, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Pakistani Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> sectors but gifted it back to Pakistan in the <a href="/wiki/Simla_Agreement" title="Simla Agreement">Simla Agreement</a> of 1972, as a gesture of goodwill). Within two weeks of intense fighting, Pakistani forces in <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Surrender_(1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrument of Surrender (1971)">surrendered</a> to the joint command of Indian and Bangladeshi forces following which the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="People&#39;s Republic of Bangladesh">People's Republic of Bangladesh</a> was created.<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard,_2006_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard,_2006-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The war resulted in the surrender of more than 90,000 Pakistani Army troops.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the words of one Pakistani author, "Pakistan lost half its navy, a quarter of its air force and a third of its army".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1999">Indo-Pakistani War of 1999</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></div> <p>Commonly known as the Kargil War, this conflict between the two countries was mostly limited. During early 1999, Pakistani troops infiltrated across the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a> (LoC) and occupied Indian territory mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_district" title="Kargil district">Kargil district</a>. India responded by launching a major military and diplomatic offensive to drive out the Pakistani infiltrators.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanley_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanley-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Two months into the conflict, Indian troops had slowly retaken most of the ridges that were encroached by the infiltrators.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to official count, an estimated 75%–80% of the intruded area and nearly all high ground was back under Indian control.<sup id="cite_ref-VP_Malik_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP_Malik-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fearing large-scale escalation in military conflict, the international community, led by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, increased diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to withdraw forces from remaining Indian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanley_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanley-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dettman_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dettman-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Faced with the possibility of international isolation, the already fragile <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan" title="Economy of Pakistan">Pakistani economy</a> was weakened further.<sup id="cite_ref-Samina_Ahmed_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samina_Ahmed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The morale of Pakistani forces after the withdrawal declined as many units of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Light Infantry">Northern Light Infantry</a> suffered heavy casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-Summary_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Summary-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The government refused to accept the dead bodies of many officers,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> an issue that provoked outrage and protests in the Northern Areas.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan initially did not acknowledge many of its casualties, but <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a> later said that over 4,000 Pakistani troops were killed in the operation and that Pakistan had lost the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kapur_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kapur-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the end of July 1999, organized hostilities in the Kargil district had ceased.<sup id="cite_ref-Dettman_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dettman-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The war was a major military defeat for the Pakistani Army.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_armed_engagements">Other armed engagements</h2></div> <p>Apart from the aforementioned wars, there have been skirmishes between the two nations from time to time. Some have bordered on all-out war, while others were limited in scope. The countries were expected to fight each other in 1955 after warlike posturing on both sides, but full-scale war did not break out.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon2008_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon2008-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siachen_conflict">Siachen conflict</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></div> <p>In 1984, India launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Meghdoot" title="Operation Meghdoot">Operation Meghdoot</a> capturing all of the <a href="/wiki/Siachen_Glacier" title="Siachen Glacier">Siachen Glacier</a>. <a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Further clashes</a> erupted in the glacial area in 1985, 1987 and 1995 as Pakistan sought, without success, to oust India from its stronghold.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon2008_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon2008-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wirsing1998_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wirsing1998-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standing_armed_conflicts">Standing armed conflicts</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="As_proxies">As proxies</h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir">Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir</a> (1989–present):</b> An insurgency in Kashmir has been a cause for heightened tensions. India has also <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_state-sponsored_terrorism" title="Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism">accused</a> Pakistan-backed militant groups of executing <a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_India" title="List of terrorist incidents in India">several terrorist attacks across India</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Insurgency in Balochistan</a> (1948–present):</b> An insurgency in Balochistan province of Pakistan has also caused tensions recently. Pakistan has accused India of causing the insurgency with the help of ousted Baloch leaders, militant groups and terrorist organizations like the <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army" title="Balochistan Liberation Army">Balochistan Liberation Army</a>. According to Pakistani officials these militants are trained in neighboring Afghanistan. In 2016, Pakistan alleged that an Indian spy <a href="/wiki/Kulbhushan_Jadhav" title="Kulbhushan Jadhav">Kulbhushan Jadhav</a> was arrested by Pakistani forces during a counter-intelligence operation in Balochistan.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Afghan_conflict" title="Afghan conflict">Afghan conflict</a> (1978–present):</b> India and Pakistan had long been supporting opposing sides during the wars of Afghanistan,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a> and the civil wars from 1989 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, Pakistan has been accused by India for its involvement in terrorism in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2020, Pakistan accused India of trying to derail peace negotiations to end the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_skirmishes_and_standoffs">Past skirmishes and standoffs</h3></div> <ul><li><b>1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes:</b> were armed skirmishes between <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in August 1958. The clashes took place between troops of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Guard_Bangladesh" title="Border Guard Bangladesh">East Pakistan Rifles</a> (EPR) and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> in the village of Lakshmipur, located in <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_District" title="Sylhet District">Sylhet District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Hawk" title="Operation Desert Hawk">Operation Desert Hawk</a>:</b> A military operation executed by the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Pakistan Armed Forces</a> in the then disputed <a href="/wiki/Rann_of_Kutch" title="Rann of Kutch">Rann of Kutch</a> region.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Operation_Brasstacks" title="Operation Brasstacks">Operation Brasstacks</a>:</b> The largest of its kind in South Asia, it was conducted by India between November 1986 and March 1987. Pakistani mobilisation in response raised tensions and fears that it could lead to another war between the two neighbours.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon2008_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon2008-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 129">&#58;&#8202;129&#8202;</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff</a>:</b> The <a href="/wiki/Terrorist_attack_on_Indian_Parliament_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament (2001)">terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament</a> on 13 December 2001, which India blamed on the Pakistan-based terrorist organisations, <a href="/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba" title="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">Jaish-e-Mohammed</a>, prompted the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff and brought both sides close to war.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_12_Jan_2002_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_12_Jan_2002-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Indo-Pakistani_standoff" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff">2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff</a></b>: a stand-off between the two nations following the <a href="/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="2008 Mumbai attacks">2008 Mumbai attacks</a> which was defused by diplomatic efforts. Following ten coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, India's largest city, <a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="Aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai attacks">tensions heightened</a> between the two countries since India claimed interrogation results alleging<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence" title="Inter-Services Intelligence">ISI</a> supporting the attackers while Pakistan denied any official Pakistani involvement in the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan placed its air force on alert and moved troops to the Indian border, voicing concerns about proactive movements of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the Indian government's possible plans to launch attacks on Pakistani soil.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tension defused in a short time and Pakistan moved its troops away from the border.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></b>: On 29 September 2016, border skirmishes between India and Pakistan began following reported "<a href="/wiki/Surgical_strike" title="Surgical strike">surgical strikes</a>" by India against militant launch pads across the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pakistani-administered_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani-administered Kashmir">Pakistani-administered Kashmir</a> "killing a large number of terrorists".<sup id="cite_ref-DGMO_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DGMO-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan rejected that a strike took place,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> stating that Indian troops had not crossed the Line of Control but had only skirmished with Pakistani troops at the border, resulting in the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers and the wounding of nine.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan rejected India's reports of any other casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistani sources reported that at least eight Indian soldiers were killed in the exchange, and one was captured.<sup id="cite_ref-Haider2_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haider2-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India confirmed that one of its soldiers was in Pakistani custody, but denied that it was linked to the incident or that any of its soldiers had been killed.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Indian operation was said to be in retaliation for a <a href="/wiki/Militant" title="Militant">militant</a> <a href="/wiki/2016_Uri_attack" title="2016 Uri attack">attack on the Indian army</a> at <a href="/wiki/Uri,_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Uri, Jammu and Kashmir">Uri</a> on 18 September in the Indian-administered state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> that left 19 soldiers dead.<sup id="cite_ref-evacuates_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evacuates-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the succeeding days and months, India and Pakistan continued to exchange fire along the border in Kashmir, resulting in dozens of military and civilian casualties on both sides.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></b>: On 14 February 2019, <a href="/wiki/2019_Pulwama_attack" title="2019 Pulwama attack">a suicide attack</a> on a convoy of India's <a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">CRPF</a> resulted in the death of at least 40 troops. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based <a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammad" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaish-e-Mohammad">Jaish-e-Mohammad</a> (JeM).<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 12 days later in February 2019, Indian jets crossed the international border to conduct <a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">air strikes</a> on an alleged JeM camp in the <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> province of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India claimed that it killed a very large number of militants belonging to <a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">JeM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan rejected to have suffered any losses.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the sources and satellite imagery analysis, Indian air force appears to caused minimal damage to the buildings concerned,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> however, Pakistan had to close the site for one and a half month or 43 days before opened to media.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The incidents escalated the tension between India and Pakistan. The following day, Indian and Pakistani air forces got locked on in an aerial engagement. Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian aircraft and capturing one pilot <a href="/wiki/Abhinandan_Varthaman" title="Abhinandan Varthaman">Abhinandan Varthaman</a>. Pakistan military officials claimed that the wreckage of one Indian aircraft fell in Pakistan administered Kashmir while the other one fell in Indian administered Kashmir rumored to be a <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI" title="Sukhoi Su-30MKI">Sukhoi Su-30MKI</a>. Meanwhile, Indian version was about loss a <a href="/wiki/MiG-21" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-21">MiG-21</a> while shooting down a Pakistani <a href="/wiki/F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16">F-16</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The IAF also displayed remnants of an <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> missile that they claimed could only be fired by F-16's air planes. The missiles were said to have fired against and jammed by Su-30 by IAF.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan rejected the Indian claim of an F-16 shot down. It initially released three or later on displayed all four air to air missiles of MiG-21 Bison with all missile seeker heads recovered intact from the wreckage however with mid-body of one of <a href="/wiki/R-73_(missile)" title="R-73 (missile)">R-73</a> destroyed and claimed that non-of missiles were ever fired.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the threats of a full-scale war,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Abhinandan was released within two days. The Pentagon correspondent of <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Policy" title="Foreign Policy">Foreign Policy</a> magazine, in a report claimed that Pakistan invited the United States to physically count its F-16 planes after the incident. Two senior U.S. defense officials told <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Policy" title="Foreign Policy">Foreign Policy</a> that U.S. personnel recently counted Pakistan's F-16s and found none missing.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A Pentagon spokesman said they was not aware of any count being conducted,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but the Pentagon did not put out any official statement on the matter. However, there have been no leaks countering the Foreign Policy report.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India released the electronic footage of aerial engagement to re-assert its claims.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistani officials rejected radar images released by India.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stand off followed with intermittent firings across the LoC. Months later on 8 October, India on its Air Force Day, flew the same <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI" title="Sukhoi Su-30MKI">Su-30MKI</a> "Avenger 1" aircraft in a <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flypast</a> that Pakistan had claimed it had shot down during the air battle on 27 February.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></b>: The standoff intensified when a major exchange of gunfire and <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">shelling</a> erupted between <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistani troops</a> in November 2020 along the Line of Control which left at least 22 dead, including 11 civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Pakistan's foreign ministry</a> said India had violated the ceasefire at least 2,729 times in 2020 which killed 21 Pakistani civilians and seriously injured 206 others.<sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In February 2021, India and Pakistan released a joint statement, stating that after discussions over established hotlines, the two sides agreed to "strict observance" of all peace and ceasefire agreements with effect from midnight of 25 February 2021. Both sides agreed existing forms of hotline contact and border flag meetings would be utilized to resolve any future misunderstanding.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:joint_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:joint-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incidents">Incidents</h2></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistani_Breguet_1150_Atlantic_shootdown" title="1999 Pakistani Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown">1999 Pakistani Atlantic shootdown</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Naval_Air_Arm" title="Pakistan Naval Air Arm">Naval Air Arm's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_1150_Atlantic" title="Bréguet 1150 Atlantic">Atlantic</a> maritime patrol plane, carrying 16 people on board, was shot down by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> for alleged violation of airspace. The episode took place in the <a href="/wiki/Rann_of_Kutch" title="Rann of Kutch">Rann of Kutch</a> on 10 August 1999, just a month after the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a>, creating a tense atmosphere between India and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. Foreign diplomats noted that the plane fell inside Pakistani territory, although it may have crossed the border. However, they also believe that India's reaction was unjustified.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pakistan later lodged a compensation claim at the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>, accusing India for the incident, but the Court dismissed the case in a split decision ruling the Court did not have jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-icjverdict_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icjverdict-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 India–Pakistan border shooting">2011 India–Pakistan border shooting</a></b> incident took place between 30 August and 1 September 2011 across the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kupwara_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kupwara District">Kupwara District</a>/<a href="/wiki/Neelam_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Neelam Valley">Neelam Valley</a>, resulting in five Indian soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-IBNLive_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBNLive-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and three Pakistani soldiers being killed. Both countries gave different accounts of the incident, each accusing the other of initiating the hostilities.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-et_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 India–Pakistan border incident">2013 India–Pakistan border incident</a></b> in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, due to the beheading of an Indian soldier. A total of 22 soldiers (12 Indian and 10 Pakistani) died.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a></b>: Started in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir due to killing of 1 soldier of <a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force</a> and injured 3 soldiers and 4 civilians by <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Rangers" title="Pakistan Rangers">Pakistan Rangers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nuclear_weapons">Nuclear weapons</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear conflict">nuclear conflict</a> between both countries is of passive strategic nature with <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_doctrine_of_Pakistan" title="Nuclear doctrine of Pakistan">nuclear doctrine of Pakistan</a> stating a <a href="/wiki/Pre-emptive_nuclear_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-emptive nuclear strike">first strike</a> policy, although the strike would only be initiated if and only if, the Pakistan Armed Forces are unable to halt an invasion (as for example in <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">1971 war</a>) or a nuclear strike is launched against Pakistan,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> whereas India has a declared <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#India&#39;s_no-first-use_policy" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">policy</a> of <a href="/wiki/No_first_use#India" title="No first use">no first use</a>. According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_Food" title="Nature Food">Nature Food</a></i> in August 2022, a nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill more than 2 billion indirectly by <a href="/wiki/Starvation" title="Starvation">starvation</a> during a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_winter" title="Nuclear winter">nuclear winter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Pokhran-I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokhran-I">Pokhran-I</a> (<a href="/wiki/Smiling_Buddha" title="Smiling Buddha">Smiling Buddha</a>):</b> On 18 May 1974 India detonated an 8-<a href="/wiki/Kiloton" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiloton">kiloton</a> nuclear device at <a href="/wiki/Pokhran#Pokhran_Test_Range" title="Pokhran">Pokhran Test Range</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> becoming the first nation to become nuclear capable outside the five permanent members of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> as well as dragging Pakistan along with it into a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#India_and_Pakistan" title="Nuclear arms race">nuclear arms race</a>. Pakistani prime minister <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a> had promised in 1965 that "if India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own", and India's Pokhran-I test spurred the Pakistani nuclear weapons program to greater efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission">Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission</a> (PAEC) Chairman <a href="/wiki/Munir_Ahmed_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Munir Ahmed Khan">Munir Ahmed Khan</a> said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kirana-I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirana-I">Kirana-I</a>:</b> In the 1980s a series of 24 different <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_cold_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear cold test">cold tests</a> were conducted by PAEC, led by chairman Munir Ahmad Khan under extreme secrecy.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistanpaedia.com_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistanpaedia.com-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tunnels at <a href="/wiki/Kirana_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirana Hills">Kirana Hills</a>, Sargodha, are reported to have been bored after the Chagai nuclear test sites, it is widely believed that the tunnels were constructed sometime between 1979 and 1983. As in Chagai, the tunnels at Kirana Hills had been bored and then sealed and this task was also undertaken by PAEC's DTD.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistanpaedia.com_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistanpaedia.com-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later due to excessive US intelligence and satellite focus on the Kirana Hills site, it was abandoned and nuclear weapons testing was shifted to the <a href="/wiki/Kala_Chitta_Range" title="Kala Chitta Range">Kala Chitta Range</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Shakti" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shakti">Operation Shakti</a>):</b> On 11 May 1998 India detonated another five nuclear devices at <a href="/wiki/Pokhran#Pokhran_Test_Range" title="Pokhran">Pokhran Test Range</a>. With jubilation and large scale approval from the Indian society came International sanctions as a reaction to this test, the most vehement reaction of all coming from Pakistan. Great ire was raised in Pakistan, which issued a stern statement claiming that India was instigating a nuclear arms race in the region. Pakistan vowed to match India's nuclear capability with statements like: "We are in a headlong arms race on the subcontinent".<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chagai-I" title="Chagai-I">Chagai-I</a>: (<a href="/wiki/Youm-e-Takbir" title="Youm-e-Takbir">Youm-e-Takbir</a>)</b> Within half a month of <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a>, on 28 May 1998 Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices to reciprocate India in the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#India_and_Pakistan" title="Nuclear arms race">nuclear arms race</a>. The Pakistani public, like the Indian, reacted with a celebration and a heightened sense of <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_nationalism" title="Pakistani nationalism">nationalism</a> for responding to India in kind and becoming the only Muslim nuclear power. The day was later given the title <a href="/wiki/Youm-e-Takbir" title="Youm-e-Takbir">Youm-e-Takbir</a> to further proclaim such.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nuclearweaponarchive1998_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nuclearweaponarchive1998-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chagai-II" title="Chagai-II">Chagai-II</a>:</b> Two days later, on 30 May 1998, Pakistan detonated a sixth nuclear device completing its own series of underground tests with this being the last the two nations have carried out to date.<sup id="cite_ref-nuclearweaponarchive1998_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nuclearweaponarchive1998-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Annual_celebrations">Annual celebrations</h2></div> <p>The nations of South Asia observe national and armed forces-specific days which originate from conflicts between India and Pakistan as follows: </p> <ul><li>28 May <a href="/wiki/Chagai-I" title="Chagai-I">(since 1998)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Youm-e-Takbir" title="Youm-e-Takbir">Youm-e-Takbir</a></b> (<b>The day of Greatness</b>) in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 July <a href="/wiki/Kargil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Kargil war">(since 1999)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Kargil_Vijay_Diwas" title="Kargil Vijay Diwas">Kargil Vijay Diwas</a></b> (<b>Kargil Victory Day</b>) in India.</li> <li>6 September <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1965" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1965">(since 1965)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Defence_Day" title="Defence Day">Defence Day</a></b> (<b>Youm-e-Difa</b>) in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-google1_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google1-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 September <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_Air_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965">(since 1965)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Day_(Pakistan)" title="Air Force Day (Pakistan)">Air Force Day</a></b> (<b>Youm-e-Fizaya</b>) in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-google1_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google1-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 September <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dwarka" title="Operation Dwarka">(since 1965)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Victory_Day#September_8_in_Pakistan" title="Victory Day">Victory Day</a>/<a href="/wiki/Navy_Day#Pakistan" title="Navy Day">Navy Day</a></b> (<b>Youm-e-Bahr'ya</b>) in Pakistan.</li> <li>4 December <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">(since 1971)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Navy_Day#India" title="Navy Day">Navy Day</a></b> in India.</li> <li>16 December <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">(since 1971)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Diwas_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijay Diwas (India)">Vijay Diwas</a></b> (<b>Victory Day</b>) in India.</li> <li>16 December <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">(since 1971)</a> as <b><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Dibosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Bijoy Dibosh">Bijoy Dibosh</a></b> (<b>Victory Day</b>) in Bangladesh.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Involvement_of_other_nations">Involvement of other nations</h2></div> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, 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In response to the US and UK's deployment of the aircraft carriers <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS&#160;<i>Enterprise</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(R05)" title="HMS Eagle (R05)">HMS&#160;<i>Eagle</i></a>, Moscow sent nuclear submarines and warships with anti-ship missiles in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-theworldreporter.com_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theworldreporter.com-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: </p> <ul><li>The US had not given any military aid to Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The United States provided diplomatic and military support to Pakistan during the 1971 war by sending <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS&#160;<i>Enterprise</i></a> into the Indian Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Santosh_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Santosh-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The United States did not support Pakistan during the Kargil War, and successfully pressured the Pakistani administration to end hostilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanley_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanley-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>: </p> <ul><li>China had helped Pakistan in various wars with diplomatic support.<sup id="cite_ref-USLib_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USLib-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-transnational.org_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transnational.org-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-time-edge_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-edge-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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Russia helped negotiate peace in 2001–02 and helped divert the 2008 crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_archives_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_archives-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspapers_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspapers-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <p>These wars have provided source material for both Indian and Pakistani film and television dramatists, who have adapted events of the war for the purposes of drama and to please target audiences in their nations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_films">Indian films</h3></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Ki_Kasam_(1973_film)" title="Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973 film)">Hindustan Ki Kasam</a></i>, a 1973 <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Hindi</a> <a href="/wiki/War_film" title="War film">war film</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cactus_Lilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Cactus Lilly">Operation Cactus Lilly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1971_Indo-Pakistani_War" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Indo-Pakistani War">1971 Indo-Pakistani War</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Chetan_Anand_(producer_and_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetan Anand (producer and director)">Chetan Anand</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aakraman" title="Aakraman">Aakraman</a></i>, a 1975 Hindi war film based on the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by <a href="/wiki/J._Om_Prakash" title="J. Om Prakash">J. Om Prakash</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vijeta_(1982_film)" title="Vijeta (1982 film)">Vijeta</a></i>, a 1982 Hindi film based on the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, produced by <a href="/wiki/Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Param_Vir_Chakra_(film)" title="Param Vir Chakra (film)">Param Vir Chakra</a></i>, a 1995 Hindi film based on Indo-Pakistani War, directed by Ashok Kaul.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Border_(1997_film)" title="Border (1997 film)">Border</a></i>, a 1997 Hindi war film based on the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala" title="Battle of Longewala">Battle of Longewala</a> of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by <a href="/wiki/J.P.Dutta" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P.Dutta">J.P.Dutta</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LOC_Kargil" class="mw-redirect" title="LOC Kargil">LOC Kargil</a></i>, a 2003 Hindi war film based on the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deewaar_(2004_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deewaar (2004 film)">Deewaar</a></i>, a 2004 Hindi film starring <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/POW" class="mw-redirect" title="POW">POW</a> of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by <a href="/wiki/Milan_Luthria" title="Milan Luthria">Milan Luthria</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakshya_(2004_film)" title="Lakshya (2004 film)">Lakshya</a></i>, a 2004 Hindi film partially based on the events of the Kargil War, directed by <a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1971_(2007_film)" title="1971 (2007 film)">1971</a></i>, 2007 Hindi war film based on a true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, directed by Amrit Sagar.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_(2008_film)" title="Kurukshetra (2008 film)">Kurukshetra</a></i>, a 2008 Malayalam film 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class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan">United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="India–Pakistan relations">India–Pakistan relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-nation_theory" title="Two-nation theory">Two-nation theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_hacking" title="Patriotic hacking">Patriotic hacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_India" title="List of wars involving India">List of wars involving India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Pakistan" title="List of wars involving Pakistan">List of wars involving Pakistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781134771295" title="Special:BookSources/9781134771295"><bdi>9781134771295</bdi></a>. <q>The superior Indian forces, however, won a decisive victory and the army could have even marched on into Pakistani territory had external pressure not forced both combatants to cease their war efforts.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=National+Identity+and+Geopolitical+Visions%3A+Maps+of+Pride+and+Pain&amp;rft.pub=Routledge&amp;rft.date=2002&amp;rft.isbn=9781134771295&amp;rft.aulast=Dijink&amp;rft.aufirst=Gertjan&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-USLib-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-USLib_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-USLib_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+pk0152)">"Pakistan&#160;:: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Country_Studies" title="Library of Congress Country Studies">Library of Congress Country Studies</a>, United States of America</i>. April 1994. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160107081241/http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+pk0152%29">Archived</a> from the original on 7 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Country+Studies%2C+United+States+of+America&amp;rft.atitle=Pakistan+%3A%3A+The+Indo-Pakistani+War+of+1965&amp;rft.date=1994-04&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmemory.loc.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fquery%2Fr%3Ffrd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID%2Bpk0152%29&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: Losses were relatively heavy--on the Pakistani side, twenty aircraft, 200 tanks, and 3,800 troops. Pakistan's army had been able to withstand Indian pressure, but a continuation of the fighting would only have led to further losses and ultimate defeat for Pakistan.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hagerty-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hagerty_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHagerty2005" class="citation book cs1">Hagerty, Devin (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ln3qChyrmIQC"><i>South Asia in world politics</i></a>. Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2005. p.&#160;26. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7425-2587-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7425-2587-2"><bdi>0-7425-2587-2</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230205202531/https://books.google.com/books?id=ln3qChyrmIQC">Archived</a> from the original on 5 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=South+Asia+in+world+politics&amp;rft.pages=26&amp;rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield%2C+2005&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=0-7425-2587-2&amp;rft.aulast=Hagerty&amp;rft.aufirst=Devin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dln3qChyrmIQC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: The invading Indian forces outfought their Pakistani counterparts and halted their attack on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city. By the time United Nations intervened on 22 September, Pakistan had suffered a clear defeat.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWolpert2005" class="citation book cs1">Wolpert, Stanley (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HmkL1tp2Nl4C"><i>India</i></a> (3rd ed. with a new preface.&#160;ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p.&#160;235. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0520246969" title="Special:BookSources/0520246969"><bdi>0520246969</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230330072125/https://books.google.com/books?id=HmkL1tp2Nl4C">Archived</a> from the original on 30 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=India&amp;rft.place=Berkeley&amp;rft.pages=235&amp;rft.edition=3rd+ed.+with+a+new+preface.&amp;rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=0520246969&amp;rft.aulast=Wolpert&amp;rft.aufirst=Stanley&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHmkL1tp2Nl4C&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: India, however, was in a position to inflict grave damage to, if not capture, Pakistan's capital of the Punjab when the cease-fire was called, and controlled Kashmir's strategic Uri-Poonch bulge, much to Ayub's chagrin.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTill2004" class="citation book cs1">Till, Geoffrey (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcejlMRYNAAC&amp;q=PNS+Ghazi&amp;pg=PA179"><i>Seapower: a guide for the twenty-first century</i></a>. Great Britain: Frank Cass Publishers. p.&#160;179. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7146-8436-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7146-8436-8"><bdi>0-7146-8436-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Seapower%3A+a+guide+for+the+twenty-first+century&amp;rft.place=Great+Britain&amp;rft.pages=179&amp;rft.pub=Frank+Cass+Publishers&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=0-7146-8436-8&amp;rft.aulast=Till&amp;rft.aufirst=Geoffrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZcejlMRYNAAC%26q%3DPNS%2BGhazi%26pg%3DPA179&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristophe_Jaffrelot,_Gillian_Beaumont2004" class="citation book cs1">Christophe Jaffrelot, Gillian Beaumont (28 September 2004). <i>A History of Pakistan and Its Origins</i>. 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Tikka Khan, 87; 'Butcher of Bengal' Led Pakistani Army"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210619021031/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-30-me-passings30.1-story.html">Archived</a> from the original on 19 June 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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APH. p.&#160;81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170247524" title="Special:BookSources/9788170247524"><bdi>9788170247524</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Benazir%2C+a+Profile+%E2%80%93+M.+G.+Chitkara&amp;rft.pages=81&amp;rft.pub=APH&amp;rft.date=1996&amp;rft.isbn=9788170247524&amp;rft.aulast=Chitkara&amp;rft.aufirst=M.+G&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLCaAQCnO3QQC%26pg%3DPA81&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-https-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-https_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchofield2003" class="citation book cs1">Schofield, Victoria (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek00fuXVz1wC&amp;pg=PA117"><i>Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War&#160;– Victoria Schofield</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=news.bbc.co.uk&amp;rft.atitle=BBC+NEWS+%7C+India+Pakistan+%7C+Timeline&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fstatic%2Fin_depth%2Fsouth_asia%2F2002%2Findia_pakistan%2Ftimeline%2F1971.stm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAli1997" class="citation book cs1">Ali, Tariq (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=moJPPgAACAAJ&amp;q=Can+Pakistan+Survive%3F"><i>Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State</i></a>. Verso Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86091-949-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-86091-949-8"><bdi>0-86091-949-8</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210829162443/https://books.google.com/books?id=moJPPgAACAAJ&amp;q=Can+Pakistan+Survive%3F">Archived</a> from the original on 29 August 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Can+Pakistan+Survive%3F+The+Death+of+a+State&amp;rft.pub=Verso+Books&amp;rft.date=1997&amp;rft.isbn=0-86091-949-8&amp;rft.aulast=Ali&amp;rft.aufirst=Tariq&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DmoJPPgAACAAJ%26q%3DCan%2BPakistan%2BSurvive%253F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stanley-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stanley_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stanley_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stanley_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWolpert2010" class="citation book cs1">Wolpert, Stanley (14 August 2010). "Recent Attempts to Resolve the Conflict". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/indiapakistancon0000wolp"><i>India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?</i></a></span>. University of California Press. pp.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/indiapakistancon0000wolp/page/73">73</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520271401" title="Special:BookSources/9780520271401"><bdi>9780520271401</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Recent+Attempts+to+Resolve+the+Conflict&amp;rft.btitle=India+and+Pakistan%3A+Continued+Conflict+or+Cooperation%3F&amp;rft.pages=73&amp;rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&amp;rft.date=2010-08-14&amp;rft.isbn=9780520271401&amp;rft.aulast=Wolpert&amp;rft.aufirst=Stanley&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Findiapakistancon0000wolp&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAli" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Ali" title="Tariq Ali">Ali, Tariq</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091001175541/http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n08/ali_01_.html">"Bitter Chill of Winter"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/London_Review_of_Books" title="London Review of Books">London Review of Books</a>=</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n08/ali_01_.html">the original</a> on 1 October 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=London+Review+of+Books%3D&amp;rft.atitle=Bitter+Chill+of+Winter&amp;rft.aulast=Ali&amp;rft.aufirst=Tariq&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrb.co.uk%2Fv23%2Fn08%2Fali_01_.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColonel_Ravi_Nanda1999" class="citation book cs1">Colonel Ravi Nanda (1999). <i>Kargil: A Wake Up Call</i>. Vedams Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-7095-074-0" title="Special:BookSources/81-7095-074-0"><bdi>81-7095-074-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Kargil%3A+A+Wake+Up+Call&amp;rft.pub=Vedams+Books&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.isbn=81-7095-074-0&amp;rft.au=Colonel+Ravi+Nanda&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14953.htm">Online summary of the Book</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055430/https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14953.htm">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VP_Malik-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-VP_Malik_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-7-2002_pg4_12">Kargil: where defence met diplomacy</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121216074135/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-7-2002_pg4_12">Archived</a> 16 December 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - India's then <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_of_the_Indian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army">Chief of Army Staff</a> VP Malik, expressing his views on Operation Vijay. Hosted on <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Times_(Pakistan)" title="Daily Times (Pakistan)">Daily Times</a></i>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.06_kapur-narang.html">The Fate of Kashmir By Vikas Kapur and Vipin Narang</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118203713/http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.06_kapur-narang.html">Archived</a> 18 January 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Stanford Journal of International Relations; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ipcs.org/ipcs/displayReview.jsp?kValue=102">Book review of "The Indian Army: A Brief History by Maj Gen Ian Cardozo"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040104/http://www.ipcs.org/ipcs/displayReview.jsp?kValue=102">Archived</a> 8 January 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - Hosted on IPCS</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dettman-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dettman_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dettman_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._Dettman2001" class="citation book cs1">R. Dettman, Paul (2001). "Kargil War Operations". <i>India Changes Course: Golden Jubilee to Millennium</i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp.&#160;119–120. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780275973087" title="Special:BookSources/9780275973087"><bdi>9780275973087</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Kargil+War+Operations&amp;rft.btitle=India+Changes+Course%3A+Golden+Jubilee+to+Millennium&amp;rft.pages=119-120&amp;rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=9780275973087&amp;rft.aulast=R.+Dettman&amp;rft.aufirst=Paul&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Samina_Ahmed-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Samina_Ahmed_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1209/diplomatic_fiasco.html">Samina Ahmed. "Diplomatic Fiasco: Pakistan's Failure on the Diplomatic Front Nullifies its Gains on the Battlefield"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110804180723/http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1209/diplomatic_fiasco.html">Archived</a> 4 August 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Belfer Center for International Affairs, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaryl_Lindsey_and_Alicia_Montgomery" class="citation web cs1">Daryl Lindsey and Alicia Montgomery. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041521/http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/13/reacts/print.html">"Coup d'itat: Pakistan gets a new sheriff"</a>. <i>salon.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/13/reacts/print.html">the original</a> on 20 December 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=salon.com&amp;rft.atitle=Coup+d%27itat%3A+Pakistan+gets+a+new+sheriff&amp;rft.au=Daryl+Lindsey+and+Alicia+Montgomery&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Fnews%2Ffeature%2F1999%2F10%2F13%2Freacts%2Fprint.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Summary-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Summary_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040221091712/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/kargil/war_in_kargil.pdf">"War in Kargil - The CCC's summary on the war"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/kargil/war_in_kargil.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 21 February 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=War+in+Kargil+-+The+CCC%27s+summary+on+the+war&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccc.nps.navy.mil%2Fresearch%2Fkargil%2Fwar_in_kargil.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1002/friend_for_all_seasons.html">Samina Ahmed. "A Friend for all Seasons."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114856/http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1002/friend_for_all_seasons.html">Archived</a> 4 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Belfer Center for International Affairs, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/11karg1.htm">"Rediff on the NeT: Pakistan refuses to take even officers' bodies"</a>. <i>rediff.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210224181953/https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/11karg1.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 24 February 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=rediff.com&amp;rft.atitle=Rediff+on+the+NeT%3A+Pakistan+refuses+to+take+even+officers%27+bodies&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rediff.com%2Fnews%2F1999%2Fjul%2F11karg1.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianembassy.org/pic/PR_1999/July_1999/PR_July_15_1999.html">"press release issued in New Delhi regarding bodies of two Pakistan Army Officers"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100615050107/http://www.indianembassy.org/pic/PR_1999/July_1999/PR_July_15_1999.html">Archived</a> 15 June 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Second-Class Citizens by M. Ilyas Khan, <a href="/wiki/The_Herald_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Herald (Pakistan)">The Herald (Pakistan)</a>, July 2000. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warbirds.in/downloads/HeraldKargil.pdf">Online scanned version of the article</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181806/http://www.warbirds.in/downloads/HeraldKargil.pdf">Archived</a> 21 July 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110503214522/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006092505001100.htm&amp;date=2006%2F09%2F25%2F&amp;prd=th&amp;">Musharraf and the truth about Kargil</a><sup><a href="/wiki/Template:Usurped/doc" title="Template:Usurped/doc">[usurped]</a></sup> - <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a> 25 September 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121111034601/http://hindu.com/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm">"Over 4000 soldier's killed in Kargil: Sharif"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hindu.com/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm">the original</a> on 11 November 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&amp;rft.atitle=Over+4000+soldier%27s+killed+in+Kargil%3A+Sharif&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhindu.com%2F2003%2F08%2F17%2Fstories%2F2003081702900800.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kapur-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kapur_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKapur2007" class="citation book cs1">Kapur, S. Paul (2007). <i>Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia</i> (23rd&#160;ed.). Stanford University Press. p.&#160;227. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0804755498" title="Special:BookSources/978-0804755498"><bdi>978-0804755498</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Dangerous+Deterrent%3A+Nuclear+Weapons+Proliferation+and+Conflict+in+South+Asia&amp;rft.pages=227&amp;rft.edition=23rd&amp;rft.pub=Stanford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=978-0804755498&amp;rft.aulast=Kapur&amp;rft.aufirst=S.+Paul&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacDonald2017" class="citation book cs1">MacDonald, Myra (2017). <i>Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War</i>. Oxford University Press. pp.&#160;27, 53, 64, 66. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-858-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-858-3"><bdi>978-1-84904-858-3</bdi></a>. <q>p. 27: It was not so much that India won the Great South Asian War but that Pakistan lost it.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>p. 53: The story of the Kargil War—Pakistan's biggest defeat by India since 1971 —is one that goes to the heart of why it lost the Great South Asian War.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>p. 64: Afterwards, Musharraf and his supporters would claim that Pakistan won the war militarily and lost it diplomatically. In reality, the military and diplomatic tides turned against Pakistan in tandem.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>p. 66: For all its bravado, Pakistan had failed to secure even one inch of land.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> Less than a year after declaring itself a nuclear-armed power, Pakistan had been humiliated diplomatically and militarily.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Defeat+is+an+Orphan%3A+How+Pakistan+Lost+the+Great+South+Asian+War&amp;rft.pages=27%2C+53%2C+64%2C+66&amp;rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-84904-858-3&amp;rft.aulast=MacDonald&amp;rft.aufirst=Myra&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLavoy2009" class="citation book cs1">Lavoy, Peter René, ed. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=14989">the original</a> on 30 May 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Youm-e-Takbeer+today+%26%23124%3B+Pakistan+%26%23124%3B+News+%26%23124%3B+Newspaper+%26%23124%3B+Daily+%26%23124%3B+English+%26%23124%3B+Online&amp;rft.pub=Nation.com.pk&amp;rft.date=2009-05-28&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nation.com.pk%2F28-May-2009%2Fyoumetakbeer-today&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-google1-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-google1_128-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-google1_128-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFricker1979" class="citation book cs1">Fricker, John (1 January 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RPttAAAAMAAJ"><i>Battle for Pakistan: the air war of 1965 – John Fricker – Google Boeken</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+World+Reporter&amp;rft.atitle=1971+India+Pakistan+War%3A+Role+of+Russia%2C+China%2C+America+and+Britain&amp;rft.date=2011-10-30&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theworldreporter.com%2F2011%2F10%2F1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndo-Pakistani+wars+and+conflicts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-132"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-132">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180906/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/Games.html">"Cold war games"</a>. <i>Bharat Rakshak</i>. 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href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indo-Pakistani_standoff" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff">2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="Media coverage of 2019 India–Pakistan standoff">media coverage</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Border skirmishes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Uri_attack" title="2016 Uri attack">2016 Uri attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Baramulla_attack" title="2016 Baramulla attack">2016 Baramulla attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nagrota_army_base_attack" title="2016 Nagrota army base attack">2016 Nagrota army base attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Pulwama_attack" title="2019 Pulwama attack">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2020–2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_India-Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Poonch_rebellion" title="1947 Poonch rebellion">1947 Poonch rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gibraltar" title="Operation Gibraltar">Operation Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Grand_Slam" title="Operation Grand Slam">Operation Grand Slam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tupac" title="Operation Tupac">Operation Tupac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bison_(Jammu_%26_Kashmir_1948)" title="Operation Bison (Jammu &amp; Kashmir 1948)">Operation Bison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eraze" title="Operation Eraze">Operation Eraze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#Operation_All_Out" title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Operation All Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#Operation_Sarp_Vinash" title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Operation Sarp Vinash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#Operation_Sadbhavana_(Goodwill)" title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#Operation_Calm_Down" title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Operation Calm Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">2016 strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">2019 airstrike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Negotiations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jinnah%E2%80%93Mountbatten_talks" title="Jinnah–Mountbatten talks">Jinnah–Mountbatten talks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_mediation_of_the_Kashmir_dispute" title="UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute">UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simla_Agreement" title="Simla Agreement">Simla Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombings and massacres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Jammu_massacres" title="1947 Jammu massacres">1947 Jammu massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Amarnath_pilgrimage_massacre" title="2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre">2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittisinghpura_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Chittisinghpura massacre">Chittisinghpura massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Jammu_and_Kashmir_legislative_assembly_car_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing">2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Kishtwar_massacre" title="2001 Kishtwar massacre">2001 Kishtwar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Raghunath_temple_attacks" title="2002 Raghunath temple attacks">2002 Raghunath temple attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Srinagar_bombings" title="2006 Srinagar bombings">2006 Srinagar bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Doda_massacre" title="2006 Doda massacre">2006 Doda massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2013_Srinagar_attack" title="March 2013 Srinagar attack">March 2013 Srinagar attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Uri_attack" title="2016 Uri attack">2016 Uri attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Amarnath_Yatra_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Amarnath Yatra attack">2017 Amarnath Yatra attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sunjuwan_attack" title="2018 Sunjuwan attack">2018 Sunjuwan attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Pulwama_attack" title="2019 Pulwama attack">2019 Pulwama attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Srinagar_bombing" title="2022 Srinagar bombing">2022 Srinagar bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Militant organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_Kashmir_Liberation_Front" title="Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front">Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehreek-e-Hurriyat" title="Tehreek-e-Hurriyat">Tehreek-e-Hurriyat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizbul_Mujahideen" title="Hizbul Mujahideen">Hizbul Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba" title="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">Jaish-e-Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harkat-ul-Mujahideen" title="Harkat-ul-Mujahideen">Harkat-ul-Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harkat-ul-Mujahideen#Harkat_ul-Ansar" title="Harkat-ul-Mujahideen">Harkat ul-Ansar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Badr_(Jammu_and_Kashmir)" title="Al-Badr (Jammu and Kashmir)">Al-Badr (Jammu and Kashmir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_Ghazwat-ul-Hind" title="Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind">Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukhtaran-e-Millat" title="Dukhtaran-e-Millat">Dukhtaran-e-Millat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Khorasan_Province" title="Islamic State – Khorasan Province">Islamic State – Khorasan Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehreek-e-Azaadi_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir">Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Jihad_Council" title="United Jihad Council">United Jihad Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>19 January— <a href="/wiki/Exodus_of_Kashmiri_Hindus" title="Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus">Jammu and Kashmir Exodus Day</a></li> <li>5 February— <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Solidarity_Day" title="Kashmir Solidarity Day">Kashmir Solidarity Day</a></li> <li>13 July— <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Martyrs%27_Day" title="Kashmir Martyrs&#39; Day">Kashmir Martyrs' Day</a></li> <li>5 August— <a href="/wiki/Youm-e-Istehsal" title="Youm-e-Istehsal">Youm-e-Istehsal</a></li> <li>22 October— <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Black_Day" title="Jammu and Kashmir Black Day">Jammu and Kashmir Black Day</a> (Invasion Day)</li> <li>24 October— <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir_Day" title="Azad Kashmir Day">Azad Kashmir Day</a></li> <li>26 October— <a href="/wiki/Accession_Day_(Jammu_and_Kashmir)" title="Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)">Jammu and Kashmir Accession Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exodus_of_Kashmiri_Hindus" title="Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus">Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir">Insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Kashmir" title="Human rights abuses in Kashmir">Human rights abuses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OHCHR_reports_on_Kashmir" title="OHCHR reports on Kashmir">OHCHR reports on Kashmir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_Kashmir_conflict" title="Rape during the Kashmir conflict">Rape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhwan_(Kashmir)" title="Ikhwan (Kashmir)">Ikhwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowd_control_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir">Crowd control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_pelting_in_Kashmir" title="Stone pelting in Kashmir">Stone pelting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacebuilding_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir">Peacebuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Women&#39;s rights in Jammu and Kashmir">Women's rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Over_ground_worker" title="Over ground worker">Over ground workers</a> (OGWs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Defence_Committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Village Defence Committees">Village Defence Committees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&amp;#124;border_&amp;#124;alt=India&amp;#124;link=India_India–Pakistan_relations_23x15px&amp;#124;border_&amp;#124;alt=Pakistan&amp;#124;link=Pakistan" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">Indo-Pakistani war of 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="Pakistani Instrument of Surrender">Pakistani Instrument of Surrender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamabad%E2%80%93New_Delhi_hotline" title="Islamabad–New Delhi hotline">Islamabad–New Delhi hotline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war_in_the_Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971" title="Prisoners of war in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971">POWs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NJ9842" title="NJ9842">NJ9842</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tupac" title="Operation Tupac">Operation Tupac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li> <li><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Amritsar_train_massacre" title="1947 Amritsar train massacre">1947 Amritsar train massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_water_dispute_of_1948" title="Indo-Pakistani water dispute of 1948">Indo-Pakistani water dispute of 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Pakistan_Agreement" title="Sino-Pakistan Agreement">Sino-Pakistan Agreement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Canberra_shootdown" title="1959 Canberra shootdown">1959 Canberra shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Indian_Airlines_hijacking" title="1971 Indian Airlines hijacking">1971 Indian Airlines hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Singh" title="Kashmir Singh">Kashmir Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samba_spy_scandal" title="Samba spy scandal">Samba spy scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_423" title="Indian Airlines Flight 423">Indian Airlines Flight 423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kaushik" title="Ravindra Kaushik">Ravindra Kaushik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_73" title="Pan Am Flight 73">Pan Am Flight 73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Brasstacks" title="Operation Brasstacks">Operation Brasstacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarabjit_Singh" title="Sarabjit Singh">Sarabjit Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaullah_Haq" title="Sanaullah Haq">Sanaullah Haq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_floods" title="1992 India–Pakistan floods">1992 India–Pakistan floods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistan_Breguet_1150_Atlantic_shootdown" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown">1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beheading_of_Bhausaheb_Maruti_Talekar" title="Beheading of Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar">Beheading of Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack" title="2001 Indian Parliament attack">2001 Indian Parliament attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001–2002 standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Samjhauta_Express_bombings" title="2007 Samjhauta Express bombings">2007 Samjhauta Express bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="2008 Mumbai attacks">2008 Mumbai attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2008 India–Pakistan standoff">2008 military standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011 border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaleel_Chishty" title="Khaleel Chishty">Khaleel Chishty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013 border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015 border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_floods" title="2014 India–Pakistan floods">2014 India–Pakistan floods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wagah_border_suicide_attack" title="2014 Wagah border suicide attack">2014 Wagah border suicide attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulbhushan_Jadhav" title="Kulbhushan Jadhav">Kulbhushan Jadhav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Pathankot_attack" title="2016 Pathankot attack">2016 Pathankot attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Uri_attack" title="2016 Uri attack">2016 Uri attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">2016 Indian Line of Control strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018 border skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">2019 Balakot airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jammu_and_Kashmir_airstrikes" title="2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes">2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="Media coverage of 2019 India–Pakistan standoff">Media coverage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2020–2021 skirmishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Lahore_bombing" title="2021 Lahore bombing">2021 Lahore bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_missile_incident" title="2022 India–Pakistan missile incident">2022 missile incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_India-Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes">2023 border skirmishes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border" title="India–Pakistan border">Border</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wagah" title="Wagah">Wagah</a>-<a href="/wiki/Attari" title="Attari">Attari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attari%E2%80%93Wagah_border_ceremony" title="Attari–Wagah border ceremony">Attari–Wagah border ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganda_Singh_Wala" title="Ganda Singh Wala">Ganda Singh Wala</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hussainiwala" title="Hussainiwala">Hussainiwala</a></li> <li><a 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title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Naval Staff (India)">Chief of the Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Integrated_Defence_Staff" title="Chief of Integrated Defence Staff">Vice Chief of Defence Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_General_Armed_Forces_Medical_Services_(India)" title="Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)">Director General Armed Forces Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_generals_of_the_Indian_Army" title="List of serving generals of the Indian Army">Serving generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_admirals_of_the_Indian_Navy" title="List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy">Serving admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_marshals_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force">Serving marshals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Organisation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Ministry and<br />committees/councils</th><td 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href="/wiki/Southern_Air_Command_(India)" title="Southern Air Command (India)">Southern Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Air_Command" title="South Western Air Command">South Western Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Command_(India)" title="Western Air Command (India)">Western Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_Command_(India)" title="Training Command (India)">Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maintenance_Command" title="Maintenance Command">Maintenance Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard" title="Indian Coast Guard">Indian Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cadet_Corps_(India)" title="National Cadet Corps (India)">National Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramilitary_forces_of_India" title="Paramilitary forces of India">Paramilitary forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_India" title="Special forces of India">Special forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(India)" title="Territorial Army (India)">Territorial Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation" title="Border Roads Organisation">Border Roads Organisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_academies_in_India" title="Military academies in India">Military Academies</a></li> <li>Ranks and insignia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_ranks_and_insignia_of_India" class="mw-redirect" 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href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_India" title="List of military operations of India">Operations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Indo-Pakistani wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">1947–1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">1965</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Asal_Uttar" title="Battle of Asal Uttar">Battle of Asal Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chawinda" title="Battle of Chawinda">Battle of Chawinda</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">1971</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_Naval_War_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971">Naval War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan_Air_Operations_(1971)" title="East Pakistan Air Operations (1971)">Air War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chamb" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Chamb">Battle of Chamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Trident_(1971)" title="Operation Trident (1971)">Operation <i>Trident</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cactus-Lilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Cactus-Lilly">Operation <i>Cactus-Lilly</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala" title="Battle of Longewala">Battle of Longewala</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">External <br />conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Indo-Pakistani border skirmishes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">Operation <i>Parakram</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">Balakot airstrike</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Crisis" title="Congo Crisis">Congo Crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control" title="Line of Actual Control">Sino-Indian border skirmish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sumdorong_Chu_standoff" title="Sumdorong Chu standoff">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathu_La_and_Cho_La_clashes" title="Nathu La and Cho La clashes">Nathu La and Cho La clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_China%E2%80%93India_border_standoff" title="2017 China–India border standoff">Doklam standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" title="2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">2020</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War">Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Maldives_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Maldives coup d&#39;état attempt">Operation <i>Cactus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_airlift_of_Indians_from_Kuwait" title="1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait">Evacuation of Indian civilians from Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia" title="Piracy off the coast of Somalia">Piracy off the coast of Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Raahat" title="Operation Raahat">Operation <i>Raahat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Devi_Shakti" title="Operation Devi Shakti">Operation <i>Devi Shakti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_counter-insurgency_operation_in_Myanmar" title="2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar">Indo-Myanmar border strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Annexations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad" title="Annexation of Hyderabad">Operation <i>Polo</i> (Hyderabad)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa" title="Annexation of Goa">Operation <i>Vijay</i> (Portuguese India - Goa, Damaon, Silvassa &amp; Diu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Junagadh" title="Annexation of Junagadh">Junagadh</a></li> <li><a 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title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Counter-insurgency operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">LOC surgical strike</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Factory_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance Factory Board">Ordnance Factory Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_military_missiles" title="List of Indian military missiles">Ballistic missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" 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Indian Navy">Historical Ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon_systems_of_the_Indian_Navy" title="Weapon systems of the Indian Navy">Weapon Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Indian_Navy" title="Future of the Indian Navy">Future</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft" title="List of active Indian military aircraft">Active Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_aircraft_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force">Historical Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">Aircraft Squadrons</a></li> <li><a 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