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Indo-Pakistan War of 1947

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
بھارت پاکستان جنگ١٩۴۷-١٩۴۸
भारत-पाकिस्तान युद्ध १९४७-१९४८
Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars
Indian soldiers fighting in 1947 war.jpg
Indian soldiers during the 1947–1948 war.
Date 22 October 1947 – 1 January 1949
(1 year, 2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location Kashmir
Result

Ceasefire agreement

Territorial
changes
Pakistan controls roughly a third of Kashmir (Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan), whereas India controls the rest (Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh).
Belligerents

India Dominion of India

Pakistan Dominion of Pakistan

Commanders and leaders
Gov. Gen. Lord Mountbatten
India PM Jawaharlal Nehru
British Raj Gen. Rob Lockhart
British Raj Gen. Roy Bucher
British Raj Air Marshal Thomas Elmhirst
British Raj Lt. Gen. Dudley Russell
India Lt.Gen. K. M. Cariappa
India Lt.Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh
India Maj.Gen. K. S. Thimayya
India Maj.Gen. Kalwant Singh

Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1936-1953.gif Maharaja Hari Singh
Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1936-1953.gif PM Mehr Chand Mahajan
Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1936-1953.gif Interim Head Sheikh Abdullah
Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1936-1953.gif Brig. Rajinder Singh
Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1936-1953.gif Lt. Col.
Gov. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
PM Liaquat Ali Khan
British Raj Gen. Frank Messervy
British Raj Gen. Douglas Gracey
Pakistan Col. Akbar Khan
Pakistan Col. Sher Khan
Pakistan Maj. Khurshid Anwar
Azad Hind Maj. Gen. Zaman Kiani
Azad Kashmir Sardar Ibrahim
Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya 1-2.svg Mirza Mahmood Ahmad
Pakistan Major William Brown
PakistanMajor Mohammad Aslam
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed
3,500 wounded
6,000 killed
~14,000 wounded
Conflict started when Pashtun tribal forces, and later Indian and Pakistani Army regulars, entered the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu.

Ceasefire agreement

India Dominion of India

Pakistan Dominion of Pakistan

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistan Wars fought between the two newly independent nations. Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after independence by launching tribal lashkar (militia) from Waziristan, in an effort to secure Kashmir, the future of which hung in the balance. The inconclusive result of the war still affects the geopolitics of both countries.

The Maharaja faced an uprising by his Muslim subjects in Poonch, and lost control of the western districts of his kingdom. On 22 October 1947, Pakistan's Pashtun tribal militias crossed the border of the state. These local tribal militias and irregular Pakistani forces moved to take Srinagar, but on reaching Baramulla, they took to plunder and stalled. Hari Singh made a plea to India for assistance, and help was offered, but it was subject to his signing an Instrument of Accession to India.


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