Battle of Asal Uttar

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The Battle of Asal Uttar was a pivotal 1965 clash between Indian and Pakistani forces in Punjab, India, noted for India’s successful defensive tactics that inflicted heavy tank losses on Pakistan and helped turn the tide of the war.

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Battle of Asal Uttar canonical 2
Battle of Asal Utar 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
AbdulHamidAction destroyed multiple Pakistani Patton tanks ⓘ
aftermath halted Pakistani advance towards Amritsar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Asal Utar ⓘ
Battle of Khem Karan ⓘ
associatedPerson Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid ⓘ
belligerent India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
casualtiesDescription heavy Pakistani armoured losses ⓘ
category Tank battles involving India ⓘ
Tank battles involving Pakistan ⓘ
combatant Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
commander Brigadier Thomas K. Theogaraj ⓘ
Major General Gurbaksh Singh ⓘ
Major General Nasir Ahmed Khan ⓘ
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countryAtTime Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
date 1965-09-08 ⓘ
endDate 1965-09-10 ⓘ
front Western Front of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
honour Param Vir Chakra awarded to Abdul Hamid ⓘ
linked to: Param Vir Chakra
IndianEquipmentUsed Centurion tanks ⓘ
linked to: Centurion tank

Sherman tanks ⓘ
linked to: M4 Sherman tank
IndianObjective block Pakistani armoured advance ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Armoured Division (Pakistan) ⓘ
4th Mountain Division (India) ⓘ
legacy Patton Nagar war memorial ⓘ
nearPlace Bhikhiwind ⓘ
Khem Karan ⓘ
notableFor Indian defensive tactics ⓘ
heavy Pakistani tank losses ⓘ
turning point in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
opponentObjective Pakistani thrust towards Amritsar ⓘ
PakistaniEquipmentUsed M48 Patton tanks ⓘ
linked to: M48 Patton tank
partOf Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
place Asal Uttar, Punjab, India ⓘ
primaryWeaponType armoured vehicles ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
province Punjab ⓘ
result Indian victory ⓘ
strategicImpact boosted Indian morale in 1965 war ⓘ
stabilized Indian defensive line in Punjab ⓘ
tacticUsed defensive horseshoe-shaped deployment ⓘ
flooding of sugarcane fields to bog down tanks ⓘ
terrain rural agricultural fields ⓘ
sugarcane fields ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 → majorBattle → Battle of Asal Uttar ⓘ
Battle of Chawinda → relatedEvent → Battle of Asal Uttar ⓘ
Battle of Asal Uttar → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Asal Utar ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Asal Uttar