Pakistan started the 1965 war

Punjabee_in_USA · September 18, 2009, 6:52pm

Re: Pakistan started the 1965 war

On the night of September 7 Pakistan Navy launched its assault on Western Indian shores. Dwarka was chosen for its proximity, (200 km from Karachi Port) relatively less guarded port and historical relevance. The plan called for a fleet of 7 naval vessels of Pakistan to bomb the tiny town of Dwarka. It was aimed at luring the major ships anchored in Bombay to attack the Pakistan ships. The intention was that the submarine PNS Ghazi lurking in the Arabian Sea would then take out the Indian ships. Accordingly a fleet of seven ships comprising PNS Babur, PNS Khaibar, PNS Badr, PNS Jahangir, PNS Alamgir, PNS Shahjahan and PNS Tipu Sultan set sail for Dwarka and bombed the tiny town. None of the primary objectives were achieved. The radar installations were not destroyed.[1]](Operation Dwarka - Wikipedia)
Indian Navy’s official version states that at around 2355 hours, the Pakistani vessels fired over the main temple of Dwarka for more than 20 minutes. The ships fired around 50 shells each, which included some 5.25 inch rounds fired by the Pak cruiser Babur. It adds that most of the shells fell between the temple and the railway station, which lay 3 km from the lighthouse. No building was seriously damaged, with only the Railway Guest House suffering some minor damages. Some of the unexploded shells were also recovered intact.
Pakistan claimed that the operation was a significant one, even celebrating September 8 as “Victory Day” by Pakistan Navy !. Authors like Lorne John Kavic and Lowell Dittmer have noted that both Indian and Pakistani navies played no significant roles and that the “insignificant bombardment”[2]](Operation Dwarka - Wikipedia) of the town was a “limited engagement, with no strategic value.”[3]](Operation Dwarka - Wikipedia)

Interestingly, the shells used by Pakistan navy bore the mark "INDIAN ORDNANCE"; these were dated from the 1940s - period before the Partition of India and creation of Pakistan

It turned out that the Indian ammunition was LOYAL to India. None of them exploded to harm its country.

Operation Dwarka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia