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    1. The 2nd Punjab battalion fought in the 1965 war but its role was exaggerated. It only faced serious fighting on the first day when its D company was scattered by a large Indian attack. 2. For most of the war, including major Indian attacks, the battalion was deployed away from the main fighting. It claimed to have attacked the village of Gadgor but Indians had already left by the time it got there. 3. The battalion received more gallantry awards than it deserved considering it did not face most of the major fighting except for the initial attack against its D company. Its overall impact and contribution to the decisive battle of Chawinda was marginal.

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    1. The 2nd Punjab battalion fought in the 1965 war but its role was exaggerated. It only faced serious fighting on the first day when its D company was scattered by a large Indian attack. 2. For most of the war, including major Indian attacks, the battalion was deployed away from the main fighting. It claimed to have attacked the village of Gadgor but Indians had already left by the time it got there. 3. The battalion received more gallantry awards than it deserved considering it did not face most of the major fighting except for the initial attack against its D company. Its overall impact and contribution to the decisive battle of Chawinda was marginal.

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    1. The 2nd Punjab battalion fought in the 1965 war but its role was exaggerated. It only faced serious fighting on the first day when its D company was scattered by a large Indian attack. 2. For most of the war, including major Indian attacks, the battalion was deployed away from the main fighting. It claimed to have attacked the village of Gadgor but Indians had already left by the time it got there. 3. The battalion received more gallantry awards than it deserved considering it did not face most of the major fighting except for the initial attack against its D company. Its overall impact and contribution to the decisive battle of Chawinda was marginal.

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    1. The 2nd Punjab battalion fought in the 1965 war but its role was exaggerated. It only faced serious fighting on the first day when its D company was scattered by a large Indian attack. 2. For most of the war, including major Indian attacks, the battalion was deployed away from the main fighting. It claimed to have attacked the village of Gadgor but Indians had already left by the time it got there. 3. The battalion received more gallantry awards than it deserved considering it did not face most of the major fighting except for the initial attack against its D company. Its overall impact and contribution to the decisive battle of Chawinda was marginal.

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    The battalion was commanded by LTC Mohammad


    Jamshed , MC and Bar . 1
    This battalion was 24 Infantry Brigade and fought the
    most decisive battle in 1965 war .However being an old
    and well linked battalion, its role was much exaggerated.
    The battalion was deployed as below :--

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    Page-493- VETERAN CAMPAIGNERS-A HISTORY OF THE
    PUNJAB REGIMENT-1759-1981-Op Cit
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    As the map above indicates only D Company of this


    battalion was deployed at the border , while three
    companies were safely deployed many miles in depth at
    Chawinda.

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    Indian armour commander lost his nerve because of


    aggressive employment of two squadrons of Pakistan’s
    25 cavalry although he was outnumbering the Pakistani
    tanks by nine squadrons against two squadrons and
    ordered withdrawal .

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    2 Punjab was ordered to occupy Gadgor only after


    Indians had withdrawn from it as proven by direct
    participant Major Shamshad’s (25 Cavalry) testimony.

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    Surprisingly the battalions lieutenant Farooq Adam was


    awarded an SJ for the supposed attack on Gadgor , which
    as per direct participant Major Shamshad of 25 Cavalry
    was totally undeserved , because there was no enemy at
    Gadgor and no fighting took place.

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    On night 10th September 1965, 2 Punjab was withdrawn


    and re-deployed in the depth at Chawinda .

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    Thus 2 Punjab did not face the main Indian attack


    launched at Phillora on 11th September 1965:--

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    The battalion again did not face the most dangerous


    Indian attack on Chawinda as map below indicates.

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    Most of the fatal casualties of the total 23 (twenty three)


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    casualties of the battalion were suffered by its D
    Company which faced the massive Indian divisional
    attack on 7th September 1965.
    23 casualties do not indicate that the battalion fought
    very seriously heavy battles.
    The 2017 Punjab Regiment official history inflated 2
    Punjab’s 23 killed to 25 killed ! 3

    No officer of the battalion was killed in 1965 war . This


    may be attributed to the fact that the battalion did not
    see much direct fighting apart from the first day of the
    war when its D company simply dispersed in face of
    heavy odds and was recollected after two days .

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    Page-509- VETERAN CAMPAIGNERS-A HISTORY OF THE
    PUNJAB REGIMENT-1759-1981-
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    Page-349- THE STORY OF PUNJAB REGIMENT-Op cit.
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    On 8th September 1965 when the battalion claimed to


    have attacked Gadgor , the Indians had already vacated
    the village.
    In most of the Indian attacks on Chawinda the brunt of
    attacks was faced by 14 Baluch and 3 FF while most of
    the battalion was deployed on the southern and eastern
    side of Chawinda as the above map indicates.
    One may state that the battalion being old and well
    linked received more than the share of gallantry awards
    that it deserved. Thus it received :-- 4
    1. SITARA E JURRAT (SJ) - FOUR
    2. TAMGHA I JURRAT - FOUR
    3. IMTIAZI SANAD - FOUR

    The battalion performed well but at no stage faced the


    brunt of the Indian attack except on night 7thSeptember
    1965 when its D Company was simply scattered and

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    Pages-228 and 229- VETERAN CAMPAIGNERS-A HISTORY OF
    THE PUNJAB REGIMENT-1759-1981-Op cit.
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    dispersed and failed to contest the overwhelmingly


    superior Indian attack.
    On 8th September 1965 the battalion was ordered to
    attack Gadgor only after it had been abandoned by the
    Indians.
    As earlier discussed the battalion did not face any major
    Indian attack after 7th September 1965 .

    The battalion performed outstandingly but its role was


    much exaggerated after the war thanks to highly
    exaggerated gallantry award citations and the old boy
    network in the army.
    The battalion claimed to have played leading role in
    repelling Indian armoured division attack on 8th
    September 1965 . This was a ludicrous claim as the attack
    was repelled by 25 Cavalry. Thus its impact and
    contribution in the decisive battle of Chawinda was
    marginal .
    This was a case of battalions from Pakistan’s military
    dictators Punjab Regiment being given preferential
    treatment .

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