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 | Major General Eftikhar Janjua † | ||||||||
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Civil defense
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The Battle of Chumb (03 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]