In 1965, Indian and Pakistani soldiers clashed on the border.
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War, was the culmination of skirmishes between Pakistan and India between April and September 1965. The conflict began as a result of Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir in order to spark an insurgency against Indian rule.
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