Defence Day in Pakistan, 2024

 Defence Day in Pakistan, 2024

In Pakistan, Defence Day is celebrated on the 6^th of September. This day is celebrated in remembrance of the war which was fought between India and Pakistan on the Wagah Border in Lahore.

In this war, the Pakistani soldiers fought bravely and protected their country from the Indian army attack.

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Explanation (History):

6^th September is one of the most important days in the history of Pakistan. On 6^th September 1965, the Indian army crossed the borders of Pakistan without a formal declaration of war.

In this war not only our brave soldiers were fighting to defend the country but the whole nation was indulging in this war to protect their country from foreign invasion.

Our army and the whole nation fought bravely and defeated the Indian army and made them step back.

The causes of this war are back from the history and the border conflicts and the Kashmir dispute between these two countries. Also, the war of Raan of Kutch played a significant role in it.

Reasons:

The war of Raan of Kutch:

 Encounter at the Raan of Kutch flared in September 1965 almost accidentally. As a result of this Pakistan and India found themselves indulged in a war.

         The story of this dispute is from those days when it was British rule in the subcontinent. The Raan was the bone of contention between the state of Kutch and the British province of Sindh.

When the subcontinent was divided, the Kutch was given to India while Sindh was given to Pakistan.

Then in 1965, the border incidents were frequently occurring from January. The Indian soldiers at the border were defeated frequently by Pakistan.

To settle this dispute the British Prime Minister, in the Commonwealth Conference in Britain, persuaded these countries to sign an agreement on June 30 to resolve this problem.

The Lahore Offensive:

 On 6^th September 1965, at 3:00 am the Indian forces started an undeclared war in Pakistan. They attacked Lahore when no one knew about the war.

The domestic India-Pakistan war turned into an international war and raised the superpower's concerns.

The U.S. used to supply them with military weapons but during the war, the U.S.  stopped supplying the weapons during the war time to both countries.

To prevent the subcontinental conflict from spreading to the rest of the world, the Soviet Union and the unified States unified in their stance. China gave Pakistan military backing and threatened to step in. Both the US and the USSR put pressure on the UN to set up an instant ceasefire to keep China out of this conflict.

The United Nations served as the primary diplomatic platform for efforts to end hostilities, and on September 23, 1965, a ceasefire was declared.

Afterward, the Soviet Union, which had stayed neutral during the conflict between India and Pakistan, acted as a middleman in Tashkent. On December 8, a communiqué from the Soviet Government publicly declared that on January 4, 1966, Indian Prime Minister Shastri and Pakistani President Ayub would meet in Tashkent.

The dates of the Tashkent Conference were January 4–January 10. As a broker of peace, Soviet Premier Kosygin was praised. The primary accomplishment of the Conference was to return all armed personnel to their pre-August 5, 1964 positions by February 25, 1966, at the latest.