Official History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965

This 450 pages long history of the 1965 war between India and Pakistan has been written in 1992 by the History Division of the Ministry of Defence of India. The document is officially still classified. The version reproduced here can be found on the world wide web. .

History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India: History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965, by B. C. Chakravorty, ed. S. N. Prasad et al., New Delhi 1992. {Full Text}

Introduction {26 pp.}

Chapter I: The Prologue {15 pp.}

Chapter II: Conflict in Kutch, 1965 {31 pp.}

Chapter III: Pak Plans and Moves Against Kashmir {14 pp.}

Chapter IV: OP Gibraltar {39 pp.}

Chapter V: "Grand Slam" and XV Corps Response {45 pp.}

Chapter VI: All-Out War {58 pp.}

Chapter VII: Operations in Sialkot Sector {37 pp.}

Chapter VIII: Rajasthan Sector: 11 Inf Div Operations {18 pp.}

Chapter IX: The Air War {34 pp.}

Chapter X: Indian Navy in the War {21 pp.}

Chapter XI: War Diplomacy, Cease-Fire, and Tashkent {28 pp.}

Chapter XII: Review and Reflections {14 pp.}

Appendices {45 pp.}

Bibliography {25 pp.}