1965 war hero Abdul Hamid's name restored at UP school

The school, located in Dhamupur village under Jakhanian tehsil, about 35 km...

1965 war hero Abdul Hamid's name removed from UP school

The family of Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid has expressed outrage...

HC asks Army to consider major martyred in 1965 war for gallantry award

Nearly 58 years after an army officer laid down his life in the Indo-Pak war...

'Thinking to separate East Pak began after 1965 war'

...with a principal reason to stop Pakistan's ISI's support to insurgencies...

War veteran Maj Gen Chibber passes away

Gen. Chibber was commissioned into the Army on June 2, 1995, and was posted...

7 Pakistani LIES about the 1965 War

Why did Pakistan sign a cease-fire without acquiring Kashmir, which was the...

India's First Surgical Strike

'Shastri told General Chaudhuri, 'I want to reach Lahore before they enter...

The IAF hero awarded the Maha Vir Chakra twice

Claude Arpi reveals how Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath won a second Maha Vir...

We support 'self-determination' in Kashmir: Pak Army chief

Prime Minister Khan, in his address, said Pakistan will never fight any other...

A hero's farewell to Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh

Singh's body was consigned to flames amid chanting of hymns at the Brar...

Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh passes away at 98

His demise marks an end of a glorious era of the Indian Air Force.

Has India lost Kashmir?

India isn't Israel, nor can it, or should be, says Shekhar Gupta.

How the Indian Navy destroyed the Ghazi

In insight into PNS Ghazi, the Pakistan Navy's prized submarine that now lies...

Anger in India today is just as it was before 1965 war: Modi

In his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat which he began by paying tributes...

Why has history forgotten this giant?

Anil Shastri, one of the late prime minister's six children, recounts...

'I flew every day of the war'

An old fighter pilot remembers the best days of his life.

Ayub Khan, the war hero who became an MP

Decorated with a Vir Chakra for leading an attack that destroyed four tanks,...

India has still not learnt that single lesson of 1965

50 years after the 1965 War, India still thinks we can have a 'limited war'...

Pakistan should never consider India weak

'Pakistan's recent utterances and tendency to use pinpricks to try our...

Why did India give back the Haji Pir Pass to Pakistan?

'We don't know what the reasons were that we gave back the Haji Pir Pass...

The President, tea and war stories

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hosted a high tea for 1965 war veterans...

'I hate these Pakistanis'

Glimpses of the final days of the 1965 War, as seen from the diary then...

A martyr's family remembers

'A man dies and it's over for him. But we're right here, it isn't over for...

PHOTOS: The spectacular 1965 war carnival at Rajpath

A thrilling vertical manoeuvre by Su30 fighter jets and performance by...

1965 decided the fate of the subcontinent

'It would not be incorrect to say that the Chinese-Pakistani strategy of...

Valour, sacrifice of 1965 war etched in our memory: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Shauryanjali, a military...

'When we fight a war we forget the danger'

'The Indian Air Force wanted to fight. My squadron leaders and flight...

A grateful nation and a proud school

'It was not surprising that joining the armed forces was one of the priority...

The Hero of the Battle of Dograi

Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second...

My father, the Param Vir Chakra Hero

In spite of being wounded in battle, Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore fought...

Asal Uttar, The Battle That Changed The 1965 War

'News is rife that Pakistan will attack the next day. They have no idea that...

The daredevil fighter pilot who survived a Pakistani bullet

'We were firing at Patton tanks that were moving towards India.''Fighter...

Param Vir Chakra Abdul Hamid, a Hero's Hero

'Both Abdul Hamid and the enemy tank place each other in their sights and...

The general who saved Punjab in the 1965 War

Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh, GOC, Western Command, disobeyed the then...

Two Wars and a Romance

'On June 15, 1965, Major A K Afridi of the Pakistan army was captured by...

The central lesson from the 1965 War

The 1965 war teaches us that war by escalation is a real possibility. Despite...

Are 54 Indians in Pakistan jails dead or alive, asks SC

The court then directed the government to pay the salary and retirement...

US backed India on Kashmir in 1965 Indo-Pak war

Declassified US documents of the era indicate.

The war that helped India regain its military confidence

'India was in no position to wage another war in 1965, having suffered a...

When the nation stood as one: Pages from a Indo-Pak war journal

Fifty years ago, India and Pakistan fought a short but bloody war. The author...

My salute to arguably India's greatest military hero

In super-human acts of valour, Havildar Abdul Hamid personally knocked out...

Does IAF need this self-congratulatory nonsense?

'As the IAF kicks off another round of myth-making -- launching a year-long...

1965 Indo-Pak war ammo recovered from Barmer

BSF officials successfully conducted Operation Alert in Barmer during which...

Lahore, Amritsar: Once sisters, now strangers

The umbilical cord between Lahore and Amritsar was shattered after 1965...

On a wing and a prayer

'Parulkar was lucky. He was crouching to peer thru the gunsight when the...

The Wolfpack in action

The four Sabres - from Sargodha's 17 PAF Squadron - were being led by their...

1965 war: A reality check

What became the real source of contention was the Indian counter-offensive on...

1965 war: The wrong lessons

There has been a lot written about the intelligence failures in 1962, but...

The 1965 War: A view from the east

'The war devastated Ayub; shattered martial myths; highlighted societal...

1965 war: The Chinese bluff

It tremendously increased the pressure on Shastri and his government, forcing...

'The Indian Air Force wanted to fight'

The first Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh looks back at the 1965...

'We didn't want to capture Pakistan'

Marshal Arjan Singh on the 1965 War.

The 1965 War: Lessons yet to be learnt

'India did not initiate steps to raise Special Forces trained to detect and...

The Fog of War

'Fortunately for us, the Indians had been over cautious when the opportunity...

Why Pakistan lost Akhnur

Perhaps if Akhnur had been captured and the Indian lines of communication...

Lahore and after

This war took place at a time when the commanders on neither side had much...

Operation Gibraltar: Battle that never was

A former Pakistan soldier reflects on the 1965 war.

65 war Pak's mistake: Ex Pak air chief

Former Air Marshal Nur Khan accused former military ruler Ayub Khan and his...

'We won the 1965 war, not India'

The group editor of Jang revisits the 1965 war, through Pakistani eyes.

1965 decided fate of the subcontinent

The 1965 war proved that Indian unity was solid while Pakistan was vulnerable...

Shastri may have died of heart attack: Nayyar

Noted columnist Kuldip Nayyar on Friday said former Prime Minister Lal...

Ayub ordered secret operation without telling PAF

Former ruler Ayub Khan launched a secret operation in 1965 to send...

Did India plant 1965 war plans?

'If, as Gohar claims, Pakistan had in its possession the Indian plan, then...

Govt to investigate Gohar's claims

The government will investigate the claim of former Pakistani dictator Ayub...

Why has history forgotten this giant?

Is Lal Bahadur Shastri who epitomised honesty and sincerity in public life...

Varsha Bhosle: YES, all four wars

'India's greatest tragedy is, every battle won by the soldier turned into a...

Giving Haji Pir back to Pak a mistake: Gen Dyal

India did not realise the strategic importance of the pass, the leader of the...