Battle of Kasur (1965)

Battle of Kasur (1965)
	Part of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
	; Pakistani troops firing at Indian positions from a canal
Date	6–7 September 1965
Location	Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan
Result	Pakistani victory Main Indian attack on Kasur repelled;
Belligerents
Pakistan	India
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Hamid Khan	Niranjan Prasad
Units involved
11th Infantry Division; 21 Brigade; 52 Brigade; 102 Brigade; 15th Lancers; 32 TDU Sqn	4th Mountain Division; 7 Mountain Brigade 4 Grenadiers; 7 Grenadiers; 1/9 Gorkha Rifles; ; 62 Mountain Brigade 18 Rajputana Rifles; 9 Jammu Kashmir Rifles; 13 Dogra Regiment; ; Deccan Horse; 2 Ind. Armored Brigade
Strength
10,000 troops; 60 tanks	17,000 troops; 90 tanks
Casualties and losses
Unknown infantry casualties; 12-17 tanks destroyed	1,100 casualties (both fatal and non-fatal); 30 tanks destroyed
	Civilian casualties: 1,200 killed, tens of thousands displaced

The Battle of Kasur was one of the largest battles of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, which took place on 6–7 September in the Pakistani city of Kasur, as part of India's aggression towards Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan and provincial capital of Punjab. The main fighting lasted for over a day, ending with the Indian retreat on 7 September, though minor raids and skirmishes continued till the ceasefire on 23 September.