President Mukherjee pays tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti on 50th anniversary of 1965 Indo-Pak War

August 28, 2015 11:18

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday paid tribute at the Amar Jawan Jyoti, a memorial dedicated to martyred Indian soldiers at India Gate in Central Delhi, to commemorate 50th anniversary of 1965 Indo-Pak War.

The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India.

This war started following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against rule by India.India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan.

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