Kashmir to Kargil: Unraveling the India-Pakistan conflict timeline

Following thepartition, Pakistan invaded Kashmir. India intervened militarily. The war ended with a UN-mediated ceasefire, establishing the Line of Control dividing Kashmir.

Pakistan launched Operation Gibraltar to infiltrate Kashmir. India responded with full-scale war. A ceasefire was brokered by the Soviet Union and USA under the Tashkent Agreement.

India supported East Pakistan’s independence, defeating Pakistan in war. Bangladesh was created, with 90,000 Pakistani troops surrendering, changing South Asian geopolitics.

Pakistani militants infiltrated Kargil. India’s Operation Vijay reclaimed the peaks, leading to intense fighting and Pakistan’s withdrawal under international pressure.

Nineteen Indian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack at Uri. India retaliated with surgical strikes targeting terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

A suicide bombing in Pulwama killed 40 CRPF personnel. India responded with airstrikes on a JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside Pakistani territory.

A terror attack in Baisaran valley, Pahalgam, claimed 26 lives, including foreigners and locals, marking one of the deadliest attacks in Jammu and Kashmir recently.

India launched missile strikes on nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and PoK, targeting cross-border terrorism based on credible intelligence of impending attacks.