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Chandigarh 27th August:- Comfed (Communication for Education and Development) in collaboration with Indian Army held an Interactive session at Chandigarh Press Club, Sector 27 today. Commemorating The Heroes of 1965 war, comfed is running a 2 month long campaign "Thank You Heroes". The 22-day war between India and Pakistan in 1965 took place in August -September and was mainly fought in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in Punjab. However, many significant aspects of the war have either been forgotten or are not known to Indian citizens of today. But Nations cannot afford to forget history. Many lessons are learnt from such episodes in our journey since 1947 as an independent country.
Lt. Gen. Retired Deepinder Singh who participated in 1965 war as a young major said that it is important to remember the 1965 war because it allowed us to come out of the humiliation of 1962 defeat and gave us confidence to win the 1971 war subsequently.
One way to reinforce such memories is to constantly recall the exploits of our valiant soldiers, officers and thousands of men who fought in the 1965 war against all odds and won. It brings us closer to appreciating sacrifices of our war veterans and creates a strong wave of patriotism.
To commemorate this momentous event many activities have been planned by the Government of India as well as the Indian Military. So how should today's generation recall the 1965 war between India and Pakistan? Who won? Who lost? Or was it a stalemate as most commentators have concluded?
To get the right answer, we must first define what constitutes a military victory? Capture of larger territory than what the enemy does? Killing of scores of soldiers? Is it all about massive destruction of the enemy's military assets? Or does it constitute thwarting the enemy's main objective?
There is no single definition but if one sought answers to all the above questions, there is only one conclusion: India won the war. Let's look at the numbers first.
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