Those who still mistakenly believe it’s #Pakistan that bears responsibility for initiating 1965War need to learn that this war didn’t begin in isolation.

Rather, it followed a sequence of events since 1947 that led India to initiate a full fledged war.

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1-October 1947 India initiated the military occupation of the state of Jammu & Kashmir.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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2-November 1947 India established the Kathiawar Defence Force & initiated the military blockade & occupation of Junagadh.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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3-Pakistan & Indian fought an year long war 1947-48 in Kashmir.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until
#6september.

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4-31 March 1948 India stopped water flowing into Pakistan from head works at Madhupur on Ravi & at Ferozpur on the Sutlej.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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5-September 1948 Indian military launched Operation Polo & initiated military occupation of Hyderabad Deccan.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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6- Despite various UN resolutions demanding a plebiscite in #Jammu & #Kashmir, India continued refusing to hold one in J& K on flimsy pretexts.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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7-1951 India illegally held elections in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir against the spirit of the ceasefire agreement to legitimize its occupation.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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8-1953 India dismissed Nehru’s lackey Sheikh Abdullah government in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir for insisting on self-determination.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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9-1954 India illegally ratified the illegal accession of Kashmir by Occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s puppet assembly in violation of UN resolutions.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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10-1956 India publicly withdrew from the pledge to hold Kashmir plebiscite, in violation of UN resolutions & the spirit of ceasefire agreement.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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11-1956 Indian military illegally occupied a large area in the disputed Rann of Kutch.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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12-1957 Occupied Jammu & Kashmir adopted an illegal JK constitution in violation of UN resolutions as a way to legitimize Indian occupation.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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13-31 Dec 1964, Article 356 & 357 imposed on IOK by India & changed nomenclature of PM of J&K to CM as a way of illegal integration.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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14-Jan 1965 India dissolved Kashmir Conference & merged with INC as an illegal integration of Occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s politics with mainland

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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15-Jan 1965 Pakistan & India fought the Rann of Katch War/Skirmish & #PakArmy successfully kicked Indian military out of strategic positions.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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16-June 1965 India illegally merged National Conference with Congress as an illegal integration of Occupied J& Kashmir’s politics with mainland

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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17-August 5 1965 Pakistan launched Op Gibraltar infiltrating soldiers into IOK to raise local resistance against india’s illegal occupation.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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18-Aug26 1965 India launched Op Faulad across CFL into Azad Kashmir attacking Haji Pir Pass & #PakArmy’s 20 Punjab Regiment successful defended

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major population centers until #6september.

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19-1stSep 1965 Pakistan launched Op Grandslam into Indian occupied J& Kashmir, #PakArmy reached short of Akhnoor to cut Indian acces to Srinagar.

But India & Pakistan never crossed intl borders &/or attack each other’s major pop centers until #6september.

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20-Then for the 1st time on #6september India attacked across Pakistan’s intl borders targeting Lahore & Sialkot & escalated the above engagements into a full fledged war & only India bears responsibility for it.

#PakArmy successfully defended our homeland.

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