Operation Desert Hawk

Operation Desert Hawk
	Part of the prelude of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts and the Cold War
	; Map of the India–Pakistan border in the Rann of Kutch
Date	9 April 1965 - 30 June 1965
Location	Rann of Kutch
Result	Ceasefire; Pakistan seizes posts along the Kanjarkot Stretch[page needed]; Deterioration of India-Pakistan relations;
Territorial; changes	Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Gen. J. N. Chaudhuri	Maj. Gen. Tikka Khan; Brig. Iftikhar Khan Janjua

Operation Desert Hawk was the codename of a military operation planned and executed by the Pakistan Army in the Rann of Kutch area, the disputed area which was under Indian control from the long-standing status quo.^[5] The boundary of Rann of Kutch was one of the few un-demarcated boundaries pending since the 1947 partition of India.^[6]^[2]

^ Dutt, Sagarika; Bansal, Alok (2013-06-17). South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-61767-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hiro, Dilip (24 February 2015). The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan. Nation Books, Hiro. OPERATION DESERT HAWK: A DRY RUN. ISBN 9781568585031. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ Sagar, Krishna Chandra (1997). The War of the Twins. Northern Book Centre. p. 57. ISBN 978-81-7211-082-6. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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[Routledge-1] Dutt, Sagarika; Bansal, Alok (2013-06-17). South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-61767-6.

[Nation_Books,_Hiro-2] Hiro, Dilip (24 February 2015). The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan. Nation Books, Hiro. OPERATION DESERT HAWK: A DRY RUN. ISBN 9781568585031. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[Northern_Book_Centre,_Sagar-3] Sagar, Krishna Chandra (1997). The War of the Twins. Northern Book Centre. p. 57. ISBN 978-81-7211-082-6. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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