battle, Cold War

Battle of Gujranwala

Name: Battle of Gujranwala
Location: Chawinda, Pakistan

Battle of Gujranwala was a battle fought in 1965 at Chawinda, in what is now Pakistan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chawinda. It was part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The recorded result: Inconclusive.

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Fought1965

WhereChawinda, Pakistan32.384N, 74.725E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsPakistanagainstIndia

Part ofIndo-Pakistani War of 19651965

Where it sits in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

3 placed engagements of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1965 (year precision)
Place	Chawinda, Pakistan 32.384N, 74.725E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Commanders	Bakhtiar Rana Abrar Hussain (General) Hilal-i-Jurat Amjad Ali Chaudhri

Placed at Chawinda; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Chamb 1971, 59 km NW
Siege of Gurdaspur 1715, 75 km SE
Battle of Ichogil Bund 1965, 84 km S
Battle of Ramnagar 1848, 84 km W
Siege of Lahore 1186, 100 km S

In the same war

Before: Battle of Asal Uttar 8 September 1965
All 3 engagements of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Elsewhere in 1965

Battle of Gujranwala is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 67 in present-day Pakistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870720, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chawinda, revision 1376419921, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.