The aim of the attack was to capture Indian towns of Raya and Beas on the GT Road and thus cause a major chunk of Indian Punjab to be cut off from the rest of the country by securing the bridge over the River Beas. However, after having been dislodged from their positions and routed by the quick Indian thrust in the Khemkaran sector, Pakistan Army launched an ambitious counter attack with its 1 Armoured Division. In the early days of the war, the Indian Army’s offensive in Punjab on September 6, to offset the attack launched by Pakistan Army in Chhamb sector of Jammu and Kashmir, had caught Pakistan by surprise. (Express Photo) What was the battle of Asal Uttar? Lt Gen GS Sangha (retd) pays tributes at the grave of CQMH Abdul Hamid, on the anniversary of the Battle of Asal Uttar of 1965 Indo-Pak war. Incidentally, the name of the village as pronounced in Punjabi is ‘Aasal Utaad’ but it has changed to Asal Uttar (meaning ‘real reply’ in Hindi) over the years after the riposte delivered to the enemy by the Indian Army. This year too, a similar event was organised and the former Colonel of the Grenadiers Regiment, Lt Gen GS Sangha (retd), was present to pay homage to Abdul Hanid and all those Indian Army soldiers who laid down their lives in the Battle of Asal Uttar. The grave is maintained by the 7 Infantry Division of the Army and every year a function is held to honour the war hero. It was here that the Indian Army made a decisive stand which blunted the Pakistani attack, forcing them back and capturing large number of their Patton tanks and taking equally large number of Pakistani officers and soldiers as prisoners of war.
This was the area in which the Pakistan Army had launched an offensive with an armoured division and had over-run Indian positions to make an attempt to capture large swathes of territory. The grave and a war memorial to the Battle of Asal Uttar is located at the outskirts of Chima Village on Khemkaran-Bhikkiwind road in Tarn Taran district of Punjab. Click here for more Where is the grave of CQMH Abdul Hamid located?
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