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Conflict South Asia

Second Kashmir War

1965 CE

Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar and the Indian response escalated into a major conventional war across Kashmir and Punjab before a UN-backed ceasefire restored the status quo.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • India
  • Pakistan

Key moments

Defining events in the Second Kashmir War.

  1. 1965 Operation Gibraltar
  2. 1965 Battle of Asal Uttar
  3. 1965 Battle of Chawinda

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

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Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Indo-Pakistani Wars

1947 CE – 1971 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Afghanistan

Founded 1709 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Nepal

Attested 1200 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Thar Desert

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1965 CE and 1965 CE.

1965 CE Dominican Civil War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Vietnam War Conflict · East Asia 1955 CE – 1975 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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