Talk:Battle of Basantar

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Please note that Lt Gen Irshad A Khan was the Commander of I Corps. Lt Gen Tikka Khan was Commander of II Corps in Multan. Even Col Brian Cloughley's recent History of the Pakistan Army contains this error. Lt Gen Irshad Khan was charged with this loss of territiory by the Hamoodur Rahman Commission of Inquiry. He had previously served as GOC Quetta and as Director Military Intelligence (DMI) at GHQ during the 1965 war.

Thanks. Corrected the same with sources. Idleguy 17:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I dispute this article as it is providing false information to honor the Indian Army. The strenght of the Indian army was more than stated and therefore they were not "outnumber".

One of the worst articles I have ever had the displeasure of reading.Besides its reidculously NPOV claims, it is riddled with factual errors. For instance,

This was in I Corps (Pakistan) Operational area pre-war. However on December 1st, I Corps ( 4 divisions) lost its armoured division (6 Armour Div) to the group commanded by 23 Infantry Div, (the group at Chamb). In addition 17 Infantry Div was sent to Kashmir. As a result the Pakistan side had 2 divs, viz the 8 and 15 Infantry divs. They had two indepndent armoured brigades attached as well as an ad hoc formation, the Changez Force, which cosnsited 20 Lancers, 33 Cav and 29 Punjab if memory serves.

The action at Basantar (called Barapind-Jarpal by Pakistan) was part of a series of actions in the Shakargarh salient. It was not the entire battle. Whats more it took place on the last day of the war December 17th and was fought between 8 Indpt Armd Brig (Pakistan) and the 54 th Mountain Div (India). The Pakistani foces managed to dislodge the Indians, but suffered horrendous casualties, 13 lancers was reduced to 6 tanks (out of 45). It has often been called pakistan's version of the charge of the light brigade.

The Indian plan was to close the Shakargarh salient. In that they failed (like at Chawinda in 1965). They did capture territory in the area, but the maximum advance was 13 kms. Part of the reason was that the Pakistani breakthrough at Chamb prevented the Indian forces at Akhnur (10 Div I beleive) from moving from the norther portion of the salient.

This article needs a lot of attention.

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