Which were the major wars between India and Pakistan - Part 2?

 

Major Wars Between India And Pakistan- Part-1


            The Third Indo-Pakistani conflict was in 1971, when pakistan's armed forces launched a fierce campaign in East Pakistan, to surpress a movement demanding independence for East Pakistan.

 

            Displeased with  India's support of the East Pakistan's Liberation Force or Mukti Bahini, Pakistan launched an air attack in the western sector on a number of Indian airfields in December 1971. The Indian air force retaliated the next day, and quickly achieved air superiority. During the fourteen day war, the air force's Western Command conducted some 4,000 sorties. The army adopted a swift, three-pronged assault, and rapidly converged on Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan.


            In the meantime, the Indian Navy effectively blockaded East Pakistan. Dhaka fell to combined Indian and Mukti Bahini forces on December 16th, bringing a quick end to the war.


Kargil War was a glorious victory for India :

            The Kargil war was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took  place between May and July 1999, in the Kargil district of Kashmir.

 

             The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers, and Kashmiri millitants into positions on the Indian side of the Line Of Control. The Indian Army, supported by the Indian Air Force, responded by attacking the pakistani positions.


            The Kargil War had three major phases. First, Pakistan captured several strategic high points in Kashmir. Next, India responded by interdicting supply routes, and finally, India pushed Pakistani forces back across the Line Of Control.


            July 26th, 1999 will go down in the annals of Indian history as a day when the determined Indian forces achieved a glorious victory over the retreating Pakistani army. It was on this day that the Indian victory over Pakistan was complete. 

 

Kargil War

    

 

                   

      
Indian Soldiers Hoist The Flag and
Show the Victory Sign