| Battle of Chumb (1971) | |||||||||
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| Part of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War | |||||||||
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 India |
 Pakistan | ||||||||
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 Maj. Gen. Jaswant Singh |
 Maj. Gen. Iftikhar Janjua † | ||||||||
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List of Indian units
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List of Pakistani units
 Local volunteers | ||||||||
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Pakistani casualties
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  Chamb Location of the battle with present−day geopolitical borders in the Kashmir region | |||||||||
The Battle of Chumb (3 December – 16 December 1971) was a major battle between the forces of Pakistan and India during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. It was one of the first major engagements in the western front of the war in which the Pakistani 23rd Division captured the strategically important city of Chumb from the Indian 10th Infantry Division.[1][4][5]
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