Battle of Haji Pir Pass

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The Battle of Haji Pir Pass was a key 1965 Indo-Pakistani War engagement in the Kashmir region, where Indian forces captured the strategically vital Haji Pir Pass to disrupt infiltration routes across the Line of Control.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aimOfIndianForces sever Pakistan-backed infiltration routes into the Kashmir Valley ⓘ
belligerent Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
commander Indian Army officer Rajinder Singh "Sparrow" ⓘ
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
countryInvolved India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
date 1965 ⓘ
frontType mountain warfare ⓘ
location Haji Pir Pass ⓘ
Kashmir region ⓘ
linked to: Kashmir

then-India–Pakistan ceasefire line area ⓘ
operationName Operation Bakshi ⓘ
partOf Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
postWarDisposition Haji Pir Pass returned to Pakistan following Tashkent Agreement ⓘ
precededBy Pakistani infiltration in 1965 in Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
relatedAgreement Tashkent Agreement ⓘ
relatedTo Line of Control ⓘ
infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
result Indian victory ⓘ
significance major tactical success for India in 1965 war ⓘ
often cited in Indian military history as an example of successful mountain assault ⓘ
strategicImportance control of key mountain pass linking Uri and Poonch sectors ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Haji Pir Pass ⓘ
disruption of infiltration routes from Pakistan-administered territory into Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
tacticalOutcome capture of Haji Pir Pass by Indian forces ⓘ
terrain high-altitude mountain pass ⓘ
theater Western Front of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
timePeriod August 1965 ⓘ

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 → majorBattle → Battle of Haji Pir Pass ⓘ