The Indo-Pakistani wars consist of three different conflicts across 24 years: 1947, 1965 and 1971. The premise of all three wars had been a dispute over Kashmir, a territory betwixt India and Pakistan after the Partition of India. However, side conflicts over religion, politics and other regions have caused turmoils, differentiating the wars. The focus of this webpage is to understand all the conflicts, as individuals and as a whole. To understand the wars however, the context must be understood, specifically the Partition of India.
While Great Britain and the then-British India suffered from economical stresses, the Partition of India was drafted in the year 1947. The Mountbetten Plan took place as a part of the Partition of India, where Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims from the Punjab and Bengal legislative assemblies came together to vote for respective partitions. Thus came the Radcliffe Line, which (in all simplicity) created the "Dominion of Pakistan" (West and East Pakistan) and the "Union of India".
However, the division was neither clean nor successful in terms of religious goals, as many Muslims were misplaced and left in India. To add to the turmoil, Kashmir was coveted for its location, its people and its resources. Both India and Pakistan wanted to govern it, and consequentially war catalyzed...
Thus began the years of conflict between Pakistan and India, beginning with the War of 1947.
However, the division was neither clean nor successful in terms of religious goals, as many Muslims were misplaced and left in India. To add to the turmoil, Kashmir was coveted for its location, its people and its resources. Both India and Pakistan wanted to govern it, and consequentially war catalyzed...
Thus began the years of conflict between Pakistan and India, beginning with the War of 1947.