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Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
بھارت پاکیستان جنگ١٩۴۷-١٩۴۸
भारत-पाकिस्तान युद्ध १९४७-१९४८
Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars

Indian soldiers during the 1947–1948 war.
Date22 October 1947 – 1 January 1949
(1 year, 2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Kashmir
Result

Ceasefire agreement

Territorial
changes		 Pakistan controls roughly a third of Kashmir (Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan), whereas India controls of the rest (Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh).[4]
Belligerents

India Dominion of India

Pakistan Dominion of Pakistan
Tribal militias[1]
Furqan Force[2][3]
Commanders and leaders
India Gen. K. M. Cariappa
India Lt.Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh
India Maj.Gen. K. S. Thimayya
India Maj.Gen. Kalwant Singh
Hari Singh		 Pakistan MGen. Akbar Khan
Pakistan BGen Ayub Khan
Pakistan ACdre. Mukhtar Dogar
Cdre. H. M. S. Choudri
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad [3][5]
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed[6][7][8]
3,500 wounded[9]		 6,000 killed[9][10][11]
~14,000 wounded[9]
Conflict started when Pashtun tribal forces, and later Indian and Pakistani Army regulars, entered the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu.

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistan Wars fought between the two newly independent nations. Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after independence by launching tribal lashkar (militia) from Waziristan,[12] in an effort to secure Kashmir, the future of which hung in the balance. The inconclusive result of the war still affects the geopolitics of both countries.

The Maharaja faced an uprising by his Muslim subjects in Poonch, fuelled by the massacres of Muslims in Jammu, and the Maharajah lost control of the western districts of his kingdom. On 22 October 1947, Muslim tribal militias crossed the border of the state,[13] claiming that they were needed to suppress a rebellion in the southeast of the kingdom.[14] These local tribal militias and irregular Pakistani forces moved to take Srinagar, but on reaching Uri they encountered resistance. Hari Singh made a plea to India for assistance, and help was offered, but it was subject to his signing an Instrument of Accession to India.[14] British officers in the sub-continent also took part in stopping the Pakistani Army from advancing.[14]

The war was initially fought by the J&K State Forces led by Major-General Scott[15] and by tribal militias from the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.[16] Facing the assault and a Muslim revolution in the western borders of the state,[16][17] the ruler of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu, who was a Hindu, signed an Instrument of Accession to the Union of India. The Indian and Pakistani armies entered the war after this.[16] The fronts solidified gradually along what came to be known as the Line of Control. A formal cease-fire was declared at 23:59 on the night of 1 January 1949.[18]: 379  The result of the war was inconclusive, however, most neutral assessments, agree that India was the victor of the war as it was able to conquer about two-third of the Kashmir including Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh.[19][20][21]

Background

Further information: History of Kashmir

Prior to 1815, the area now known as "Jammu and Kashmir" comprised 22 small independent states (16 Hindu and six Muslim) carved out of territories controlled by the Amir (King) of Afghanistan, combined with those of local small rulers. These were collectively referred to as the "Punjab Hill States". These small states, ruled by Rajput kings, were variously independent, vassals of the Mughal Empire since the time of Emperor Akbar or sometimes controlled from Kangra state in the Himachal area. Following the decline of the Mughals, turbulence in Kangra and invasions of Gorkhas, the hill states fell successively under the control of the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh.[22]: 536 

The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) was fought between the Sikh Empire, which asserted sovereignty over Kashmir, and the East India Company. In the Treaty of Lahore of 1846, the Sikhs were made to surrender the valuable region (the Jullundur Doab) between the Beas River and the Sutlej River and required to pay an indemnity of 1.2 million rupees. Because they could not readily raise this sum, the East India Company allowed the Dogra ruler Gulab Singh to acquire Kashmir from the Sikh kingdom in exchange for making a payment of 750,000 rupees to the Company. Gulab Singh became the first Maharaja of the newly formed princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,[23] founding a dynasty, that was to rule the state, the second-largest principality during the British Raj, until India gained its independence in 1947.

Accession of Kashmir

Main article: Kashmir conflict

The partition of British India and the independence of the new dominions of India and Pakistan was the result of the Indian Independence Act 1947. Article 2 (4) of the Act provided for the termination of British paramountcy over the princely states with effect from 15 August 1947, and recognised the right of the states to choose whether to accede to India or to Pakistan or to remain outside them.[24][non-primary source needed] Before and after the withdrawal of the British from India, the ruler of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu came under pressure from both India and Pakistan to agree to accede to one of the newly independent countries.[citation needed] Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, decided to avoid accession to either country.[citation needed]

The disenchanted Muslim population of Poonch and Mirpur revolted against Maharajah Hari Singh, and the situation in the State became increasingly tense following major communal violence and massacres of Muslims in the eastern districts of Jammu. One of India's pre-eminent journalists, G. K. Reddy, witnessed the mass killings of Muslims in Jammu's eastern districts.[25] A provisional 'Azad Kashmir' government was established at Palandri following the pro-Pakistan, anti-Maharajah revolt by the local population.[26] Azad Kashmir's government was left with 200,000 Muslim refugees from Jammu and Kashmir.[27][page needed]

Following the Muslim revolution in the Poonch and Mirpur area[17] and Pakistani backed[18]: 18  Pashtun tribal intervention from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aimed at supporting the revolution,[28][29] the Maharaja asked for Indian military assistance. India set the condition that Kashmir must accede to India for it to receive assistance. The Maharaja complied, and the Government of India recognised the accession of the princely state to India. Indian troops were sent to the state to defend it. The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference volunteers aided the Indian Army in its campaign to drive out the Pathan invaders.[30]

Pakistan refused to recognise the accession of Kashmir to India, claiming that it was obtained by "fraud and violence."[31] Governor General Mohammad Ali Jinnah ordered its Army Chief General Douglas Gracey to move Pakistani troops to Kashmir at once. However, the Indian and Pakistani forces were still under a joint command, and Field Marshal Auchinleck prevailed upon him to withdraw the order. With its accession to India, Kashmir became legally Indian territory, and the British officers could not a play any role in an inter-Dominion war.[32][33] The Pakistan army made available arms, ammuniton and supplies to the rebel forces who were dubbed the `Azad Army'. Pakistani army officers `conveniently' on leave and the former officers of the Indian National Army were recruited to command the forces. In May 1948, the Pakistani army officially entered the conflict, in theory to defend the Pakistan borders, but it made plans to push towards Jammu and cut the lines of communications of the Indian forces in the Mehndar Valley.[34] In Gilgit, the force of Gilgit Scouts under the command of a British officer Major William Brown mutinied and overthrew the governor Ghansara Singh. Brown prevailed on the forces to declare accession to Pakistan.[35][36] They are also believed to have received assistance from the Chitral Scouts of the state of Chitral, one of the princely states of Pakistan, which had acceded to Pakistan on 6 October 1947.[37]

Stages of the war

The Rebellion in Poonch

In the Poonch region, there was a large number of ex-servicemen who had served in the British Indian Army and World War II. Most of these ex-servicemen were of Sudhan origin and had a long-standing dissident relations with the Dogra regime. On 21 April 1947, Hari Singh was invited to Rawalakot, where a large number of ex-servicemen turned up and paraded with their weapons. This triggered a series of defensive manoeuvers by Hari Singh to disarm the locals and enforce stricter military control. The Poonch region had around 60,000 ex-servicemen were organising a 'Home Guard' that would attack the Dogra army at the right time. During the war, this group formed a War Council in Murree and most of the ammunition was smuggled from Darra Adam Khel and a large number of fighters from Waziristan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were also injected through local contacts and the Pakistan Army.[38]

Initial invasion

Indian defence of the Kashmir Valley 27 October 1947 – 17 November 1947


The first clash occurred at Thorar on 3–4 October 1947.[38] On 22 October another attack was launched in the Muzaffarabad sector, The state forces stationed in the border regions around Muzaffarabad and Domel were quickly defeated by tribal forces (some Muslim state forces mutinied and joined them) and the way to the capital was open. Among the raiders, there were many active Pakistani Army soldiers disguised as tribals. They were also provided logistical help by the Pakistan Army. Rather than advancing toward Srinagar before state forces could regroup or be reinforced, the invading forces remained in the captured cities in the border region engaging in looting and other crimes against their inhabitants.[39] In the Poonch valley, the state forces retreated into towns where they were besieged.[40]

Indian defence of the Kashmir Valley 27 October 1947 – 17 November 1947

Indian operation in the Kashmir Valley

After the accession, India airlifted troops and equipment to Srinagar, where they reinforced the princely state forces, established a defence perimeter and defeated the tribal forces on the outskirts of the city. Initial defense operations included the notable defense of Badgam holding both the Capital and Airfield overnight against extreme odds. The successful defence included an outflanking manoeuvre by Indian armoured cars.[41] during the Battle of Shalateng. The defeated tribal forces were pursued as far as Baramulla and Uri and these towns were recaptured.

In the Poonch valley, tribal forces continued to besiege state forces.

In Gilgit, the state paramilitary forces, called the Gilgit Scouts, joined the invading tribal forces, who thereby obtained control of this northern region of the state. The tribal forces were also joined by troops from Chitral, whose ruler, the Mehtar of Chitral, had acceded to Pakistan.

Attempted link-up at Poonch 18 November 1947 – 26 November 1947

Indian forces ceased pursuit of tribal forces after recapturing Uri and Baramula, and sent a relief column southwards, in an attempt to relieve Poonch. Although the relief column eventually reached Poonch, the siege could not be lifted. A second relief column reached Kotli, and evacuated the garrisons of that town and others but were forced to abandon it being too weak to defend it. Meanwhile, Mirpur was captured by the tribal forces on 25 November 1947. Hindu women were reportedly abducted by tribal forces and taken into Pakistan. They were sold in the brothels of Rawalpindi. Around 400 women jumped into wells in Mirpur committing suicide to escape from being abducted.[42]

Fall of Jhanger and attacks on Naoshera and Uri 25 November 1947 – 6 February 1948

Fall of Jhanger and attacks on Naoshera and Uri

The tribal forces attacked and captured Jhanger. They then attacked Naoshera unsuccessfully, and made a series of unsuccessful attacks on Uri. In the south a minor Indian attack secured Chamb. By this stage of the war the front line began to stabilise as more Indian troops became available.[citation needed]

Operation Vijay: counterattack to Jhanger 7 February 1948 – 1 May 1948

Operation Vijay: counterattack to Jhanger

The Indian forces launched a counterattack in the south recapturing Jhanger and Rajauri. In the Kashmir Valley the tribal forces continued attacking the Uri garrison. In the north Skardu was brought under siege by the Gilgit scouts.[citation needed]

Indian Spring Offensive 1 May 1948 – 19 May 1948

Indian Spring Offensive

The Indians held onto Jhanger against numerous counterattacks, who were increasingly supported by regular Pakistani Forces. In the Kashmir Valley the Indians attacked, recapturing Tithwail. The Gilgit scouts made good progress in the High Himalayas sector, infiltrating troops to bring Leh under siege, capturing Kargil and defeating a relief column heading for Skardu.[citation needed]

Indian Spring Offensive 1 May 1948 – 19 May 1948

Operations Gulab and Eraze

The Indians continued to attack in the Kashmir Valley sector driving north to capture Keran and Gurais (Operation Eraze).[18]: 308–324  They also repelled a counterattack aimed at Tithwal. In the Jammu region, the forces besieged in Poonch broke out and temporarily linked up with the outside world again. The Kashmir State army was able to defend Skardu from the Gilgit Scouts impeding their advance down the Indus valley towards Leh. In August the Chitral Forces under Mata-ul-Mulk besieged Skardu and with the help of artillery were able to take Skardu. This freed the Gilgit Scouts to push further into Ladakh.[citation needed]

Operation Duck 15 August 1948 – 1 November 1948

Operation Bison

Main article: Military operations in Ladakh (1948)

During this time the front began to settle down. The siege of Poonch continued. An unsuccessful attack was launched by 77 Parachute Brigade (Brig Atal) to capture Zoji La pass. Operation Duck, the earlier epithet for this assault, was renamed as Operation Bison by Cariappa. M5 Stuart light tanks of 7 Cavalry were moved in dismantled conditions through Srinagar and winched across bridges while two field companies of the Madras Sappers converted the mule track across Zoji La into a jeep track. The surprise attack on 1 November by the brigade with armour supported by two regiments of 25 pounders and a regiment of 3.7-inch guns, forced the pass and pushed the tribal/Pakistani forces back to Matayan and later Dras. The brigade linked up on 24 November at Kargil with Indian troops advancing from Leh while their opponents eventually withdrew northwards toward Skardu.[43]: 103–127  The Pakistani attacked the Skardu on 10 February 1948 which was repulsed by the Indian soldiers.[44] Thereafter, the Skardu Garrison was subjected to continuous attacks by the Pakistan Army for the next three months and each time, their attack was repulsed by the Colonel Sher Jung Thapa and his men.[44] Thapa held the Skardu with hardly 250 men for whole six long months without any reinforcement and replenishment.[45] On 14th August Indian General Sher Jung Thapa had to surrender Skardu to the Pakistani Army.[46] and raiders after a year long siege.[47]

Operation Easy. Poonch link-up 1 November 1948 – 26 November 1948
Main article: Military operations in Poonch (1948)

The Indians now started to get the upper hand in all sectors. Poonch was finally relieved after a siege of over a year. The Gilgit forces in the High Himalayas, who had previously made good progress, were finally defeated. The Indians pursued as far as Kargil before being forced to halt due to supply problems. The Zoji La pass was forced by using tanks (which had not been thought possible at that altitude) and Dras was recaptured.[citation needed]

Moves up to cease-fire. 27 November 1948 – 31 December 1948

Moves up to cease-fire

After protracted negotiations a cease-fire was agreed to by both countries, which came into effect. The terms of the cease-fire as laid out in a United Nations resolution[48] of 13 August 1948, were adopted by the UN on 5 January 1949. This required Pakistan to withdraw its forces, both regular and irregular, while allowing India to maintain minimum strength of its forces in the state to preserve law and order. On compliance of these conditions a plebiscite was to be held to determine the future of the territory. Indian losses were 1,500 killed and 3,500 wounded, where as Pakistan losses were 6,000 killed and 14,000 wounded.[9] India gained control of the two-third Kashmir whereas, Pakistan gained roughly one-third of Kashmir.[49][50][19][51] Most neutral assessments, agree that India was the victor of the war as it was able to conquer about two-third of the Kashmir including Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh.[19][20][21]

Military awards

Battle honours

After the war, a total of number of 11 battle honours and one theatre honour were awarded to units of the Indian Army, the notable amongst which are:[52]

Gallantry awards

For bravery, a number of soldiers and officers were awarded the highest gallantry award of their respective countries. Following is a list of the recipients of the Indian award Param Vir Chakra, and the Pakistani award Nishan-E-Haider:

India
Pakistan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Robert Blackwill, James Dobbins, Michael O'Hanlon, Clare Lockhart, Nathaniel Fick, Molly Kinder, Andrew Erdmann, John Dowdy, Samina Ahmed, Anja Manuel, Meghan O'Sullivan, Nancy Birdsall, Wren Elhai, Nicholas Burns (Editor), Jonathon Price (Editor). American Interests in South Asia: Building a Grand Strategy in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Aspen Institute. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-1-61792-400-2. Retrieved 3 November 2011. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Simon Ross Valentine (27 October 2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice. Hurst Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 978-1850659167.
  3. ^ a b "Furqan Force". Persecution.org. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ BBC on the 1947- 48 war
  5. ^ and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice. Columbia University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-231-70094-6, ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8
  6. ^ "An incredible war: Indian Air Force in Kashmir war, 1947-48", by Bharat Kumar, Centre for Air Power Studies (New Delhi, India)
  7. ^ By B. Chakravorty, "Stories of Heroism, Volume 1", p. 5
  8. ^ By Sanjay Badri-Maharaj "The Armageddon Factor: Nuclear Weapons in the India-Pakistan Context", p. 18
  9. ^ a b c d With Honour & Glory: Wars fought by India 1947-1999, Lancer publishers
  10. ^ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  11. ^ India's Armed Forces: Fifty Years of War and Peace, p. 160
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  13. ^ "Who changed the face of '47 war?". Times of India. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2005.
  14. ^ a b c Marin, Steve (2011). Alexander Mikaberidze (ed.). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 394. ISBN 978-1598843361.
  15. ^ Victoria Schofield(2003), Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War
  16. ^ a b c Kashmir in Encyclopædia Britannica (2011), online edition
  17. ^ a b Lamb, Alastair (1997), Incomplete partition: the genesis of the Kashmir dispute 1947–1948, Roxford, ISBN 0-907129-08-0
  18. ^ a b c Prasad, S.N.; Dharm Pal (1987). History of Operations in Jammu and Kashmir 1947–1948. New Delhi: History Department, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (printed at Thomson Press (India) Limited). p. 418.
  19. ^ a b c New Zealand Defence Quarterly, Issues 24-29. New Zealand. Ministry of Defence. 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  20. ^ a b Brozek, Jason (2008). War bellies: the critical relationship between resolve and domestic audiences. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 142. ISBN 978-1109044751. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  21. ^ Hutchison, J.; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1933). History of the Panjab Hill States. Superint., Gov. Print., Punjab. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  22. ^ Srinagar www.collectbritain.co.uk.
  23. ^ Indian Independence Act 1947 (c.30) (Revised Statute) from The UK Statute Law Database at opsi.gov.uk
  24. ^ Mathur, Shubh (2008). "Srinagar-Muzaffarabad-New York: A Kashmiri Family's Exile". In Roy, Anjali Gera; Bhatia, Nandi (eds.). Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement and Resettlement. Pearson Education India. p. 246. ISBN 9332506205.
  25. ^ Kanth, Idrees. "The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir - Book Review". Politics, Religion and Ideology. 14 (4): 589–591. doi:10.1080/21567689.2013.838477.
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  27. ^ Kashmir-konflikten. (18 October 2011) I Store norske leksikon. Taken from https://snl.no/Kashmir-konflikten
  28. ^ Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation: Kashmir-konflikten
  29. ^ My Life and Times. Allied Publishers Limited. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  30. ^ Schofield 2003, p. 61.
  31. ^ Schofield 2003, p. 60.
  32. ^ Connell, John (1959), Auchinleck: A Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Cassell
  33. ^ Schofield 2003, pp. 65–67.
  34. ^ Schofield 2003, p. 63.
  35. ^ Brown, William (30 November 2014), Gilgit Rebelion: The Major Who Mutinied Over Partition of India, Pen and Sword, ISBN 978-1-4738-2187-3
  36. ^ Martin Axmann, Back to the future: the Khanate of Kalat and the genesis of Baluch Nationalism 1915-1955 (2008), p. 273
  37. ^ a b Regimental History Cell, History of the Azad Kashmir Regiment, Volume 1 (1947-1949), Azad Kashmir Regimental Centre, NLC Printers, Rawalpindi,1997
  38. ^ I Indo-Pakistani War, 1947–1949 By Tom Cooper Air Combat Information Group 29 October 2003
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  43. ^ a b Malhotra, A. (2003). Trishul: Ladakh And Kargil 1947-1993. Lancer Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 9788170622963. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  44. ^ Khanna, Meera (2015). In a State of Violent Peace: Voices from the Kashmir Valley. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9789351364832. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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  47. ^ "Resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan on 13August 1948". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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