Defence Day is celebrated in Pakistan as a National day to commemorate the sacrifices made by Pakistani soldiers in defending its borders. The date of 6 September marks the day in 1965 when Indian troops crossed the international border to launch an attack on Pakistani Punjab, in a riposte to Pakistan’s Operation Grand Slam targeting Jammu. The Pakistani narrative holds that it was a surprise attack by India, which was repulsed by the Pakistan Army despite its smaller size and fewer armaments. The narrative has been criticized by Pakistani commentators as representing false history.
The War of 1965 between Pakistan and India
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 began with Pakistan sending 7,000–8,000 specially trained Mujahid raiders into the Kashmir Valley with the objective of inciting the population into rebellion and dislocating the Indian Army installations. In the second stage, on 1 September, it launched a tank attack, dubbed Operation Grand Slam, towards the Akhnoor Bridge in the Jammu Division. It was intended to be a “short and swift, fait accompli operation”. According to scholar Shuja Nawaz, the Pakistani general intended to capture the Akhnoor Bridge and swing towards Jammu to cut off India’s communications with the Kashmir Valley. The Pakistanis had ignored the Indian Prime Minister’s warnings that India would retaliate on Pakistan if Kashmir was attacked.
On 6 September, according to its “pre-declared strategy” of riposte, the Indian Army crossed the international border in Punjab with the objective of cutting off the Grand Trunk Road near Lahore. The attack came as a surprise to the Pakistani commanders. According to Air Marshal Nur Khan, the Army Chief General Musa Khan told the President on the second day of the war that the Army had run out of ammunition. He states that the Army suffered heavy losses in the war. On 23 September, Pakistan accepted an UN-mandated ceasefire.
Prades and Celebrations on Defence day
The Army of Pakistan shows its most recent rockets, tanks, firearms, armed force avionics helicopters, and weapons being utilized by Engineers, Electrical and Mechanical Corps, Army Air Defense, Signals, Army Service Corps, and the Army Medical Corps. Everybody is permitted to watch such capacities live by going to explicit spots. These shows are additionally shown on public TV channels. Public tunes, unique narratives around 6 September 1965, and the tales of the individuals who were martyred on that day are shown on TV. The realities are recounted how individuals yielded their lives for the protection of the nation and what the obligation is of the more youthful age, the kids, who are the eventual fate of Pakistan. The difference in monitor function happens at Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi, where the cadets of Pakistan Air Force Academy present the Guard of Honor and take the charge.
