1965 India-Pakistan War, who won or lost & why it was a war of mutual incompetence | ep 259

India and Pakistan have their own versions war 1965 war. On its 54th anniversary Shekhar Gupta sifts myth from reality in 259th episode of Cut The Clutter

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[arunsharan]

1971 war did solve one problem. It eliminated the threat from India’s eastern border. That is a big deal

[hamza]

I'm from Pakistan, defence day is just another day for me too, We've always heard it was India to infiltrate first with the famous "aaj ka nashta Lahore mein kry ge"dialogue, Kashmir infiltration is never discussed.
Wars always bring destruction, I hope peace and friendship prevails between atleast the common public on both sides, and we keep on watching each other's content on youtube. ❤👍

[CheckYourHealthUS]

17:44 "wagah where the nonsensical parade takes place" best thing you've said in the video.

[abhijeetjain]

I want people to understand that during 1965 war, pak economy was doing better than india, they had better armors, faar better jets & at top of all they had support of US lobby. India was slow on all the fronts, india had no support of western world (except USSR that too because we used to buy jets from them) & india suffered major defeat in indio-china war of 1962 + we had a very humble PM & talks were about congress going to sack him (Sastri ji). In that environment, if india could keep kashmir & look into eyes of pakistan, it was very commendable. (in 1965 world media placed it's bet on Pak, it turned out more to be a draw than anything in pak favor)


Pak learnt that If they couldn't take kashmir in 1965, they could never. And that's why they started jihaad policy in kashmir soon after.

[neerajprabhakar]

Hero of Asal uttar "Paramvir Saheed Abdul Hamid". Who alone destroyed 7 American Patton Tanks.

[AnindyaMitraDigitalStoryteller]

11:31 - Factually wrong. Muslims landed in Gibraltar but it had nothing to do with the crusades. It was the invasion of Spain and formation of Al Andalus which would centuries later end with the Reconquista

[HarshwardhanShahani]

In 1965, we were inferior on all fronts. Yet we retained Kashmir and reached Lahore, so how is it incompetence of Indian forces. Incompetence of a Mr Nehru for sure to leave the army in such ill-equipped situation.

[surendrabalaji]

Before the war-pak:-we are going to take kashmir from india
After the war-pak:-we stopped india entering lahore
😂😂😂

[devvratyadav]

India not just defended Kashmir, but went ahead and captured territory in pok including haji peer. We made huge gains in Sialkot. Defeated Pakistan's offensive in Punjab ( Khem karan). Made a dash to Lahore but halted because ceasefire was to be signed. Overall we captured 4 times more land than Pakistan. It was a handsome victory for India. If the war had continued for few more days, Pakistan would have signed instrument of surrender at Lahore fort.

Summary of the war - Kashmir lene chale they, nahi mila, ulta Lahore bachane ke liye UN ke paas bhagna padha.

[rupakmahto]

Best way to avoid war is " Be so powerful that enemy don't dare to attack you example china"

[parthap]

Even India don't celebrate 71 Victory!

[lavsherarya]

Pakistan has always achieved one 0
i.e. Nothing

[isshoyggdrasil]

Book Mentioned : War Despatches - Indo Pak Conflict 1965 by Lt. Gen. Harbakhsh Singh. (12:24) & (21:54)

[subhampriyadarshi]

First step- gandu came to capture chandu's house...
2nd step- chandu kidnapped gandu's sister...
Gandu panicked and aborted the mission to capture chandu's house..
Now gandu claims - we won😂😂

[kashif_farooq]

"War never solves a problem, only leads to another war" Well said sir, couldn't agree more. I hope our armies realize that one day. Love from Faisalabad, Pakistan.

[anupvkale]

The war was imposed on India through Operation Gibraltar when Pakistani soldiers were infiltrated with arms. India attacked the International border and almost reached to Lahore. It was a stalemate after a couple of weeks of the war. Finally, Tashkent settlement happened and PM Shastri lost his life due to an unknown reason.

[navneetdbg]

India only uses 14% of there arms and ammo but Pakistan lost 90% of the ammo..

[nileshgadekar]

With all respect sir.. what's the conclusion of this episode of C-T-C.. 🤔🙄 when u end with the statement that both the country should know that war is not the solution.. every now then u mentioned in the episode that Pakistan had attacked India each war .. why can't u just say Pakistan should stop attacking India n look for the future of Pakistanis ... It's so simple 🙏🙏

[harimurali]

I wait for these episodes every day. Great content, detailed and very accessible. I would recommend you also share some additional readings and links in your description each day for those who want to learn and read further.

For example the link to MIT press journal paper on India/Pak relations was a great read in addition to the video after 370 abrogation. More of that please.

[yogeshmantri]

Sir, you are brilliant reporter, brilliant person who can analyse so wisely