On this Day Jan 10, 1966: Pak & India sign the Tashkent Agreement; official end of the 16 day war

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On this Day Jan 10, 1966: Pak & India sign the Tashkent Agreement; official end of the 16 day war

The Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed on 10 January 1966 that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace had been achieved on 23 September by the intervention of the great powers who pushed the two nations to cease fire, afraid the conflict could escalate and draw in other powers.[1]

The war between India and Pakistan in 1965 was an escalation of the small scale and irregular fighting from April 1965 to September 1965 between both countries.[2] It was over control of the resources and population of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, a sore point between both countries ever since Partition in 1947.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkent_Declaration

 

[Markhor]

Was seen as a humiliation for Ayub and was the beginning of the end for him. Bhutto despite having a hand in encouraging the 1965 war then conveniently blasted Ayub for supposedly capitulating at the negotiating table.

 

[Nostalgic]

The Ayub-Bhutto rift started at Tashkent. Bhutto calculated that a hawkish stance from then on would eventually lead him to supplanting Ayub. He openly argued with Ayub in the presence of the Soviet delegation, knowing that there were Soviet negotiators who could speak Urdu, so as to get the word out that there was a rift at the top echelons in Pakistan. It wasn't all pretense and posturing, but there was certainly an element of it, and he had decided that he would part ways with the Ayub regime.

The Indian PM, Shastri, actually passed away right after the agreement was signed, and Ayub, as a gesture of magnanimity, allowed the Indian plane bearing the corpse to use Pakistani airspace. Bhutto would later use that against Ayub too.

Legend has it that when news of Shastri's death broke late at night, Bhutto's aide rushed into Bhutto's room, woke him up, and said, "Sir, the bas***d's dead!"

Bhutto, fresh from the argument with Ayub, calmly asked, "which one?"

 

[Nostalgic]

The joke went that we won the 1965 war on the airwaves, and lost it at the negotiating table.

Some of the patriotic songs from that era are so soul stirring, so poignant.

 

[TM Riddle]

Pakistan won 1965? Thats news to me!
They were the initial agressors , they planned the whole mission for months backing on local kashmiri support and capture Akhnoor thus cutting the whole area from mainland india and that too when Indian army's morale was at it's lowest after defeat against China. Even with all this initial advantage that they failed to make any significant gains and had to rush a large part of their force to save Lahore which was only a couple of days from the reach of Indian army.
Even some hardcore Indians believe that we won the war but IMO it was more of a stalemate though the territory captured by India was far much and valuable considering they were taken unawares by sudden Pakistani incursion.
I guess they teach different history in Rawalpindi.

 

[Test champion]

Pakistan lost all four war against India also all war started by Pakistan.