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Operation Dwarka

Operation Dwarka
Operation Somnath
Part of Naval conflict of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Date 7 September 1965
Location Dwarka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, India
Belligerents

Pakistan Pakistan


Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Navy

India India


 Indian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg Commodore S.M. Anwar Naval Ensign of India.svg Rear Admiral K.P. Samson
Units involved
25th Destroyer Squadron
Strength
PNS Babur
PNS Khaibar
PNS Badr
PNS Jahangir
PNS Shah Jahan
PNS Alamgir
PNS Tippu Sultan
PNS Ghazi
Unknown
(Ships were kept at bay)
Casualties and losses
None Partial physical damage to Dwarka town.
Location within India

Pakistan Pakistan

India India

Operation Dwarka was a naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of Pakistan Navy in any of the Indo-Pakistan Wars. It was one of the significant naval events of the 1965 Indo-Pak war, and Pakistan celebrates 8 September as "Victory Day" for Pakistan Navy.

As the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, armies and air forces of both nations were involved in intense fighting in the Punjab region and in Kashmir. To relieve pressure on the southern front, Pakistan decided to use its navy in the war by launching a quick strike on Indian coast. The primary objective of the attack ostensibly was to destroy the radar station at Dwarka which Pakistani Naval intelligence believed had a Huff-Duff beacon to guide Indian bombers. Pakistani high command also hoped to divert the operations of the Indian Air Force away from the north.


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