battle, notable, Cold War

Battle of Longewala

Name: Battle of Longewala
Start: 1971-12-04
Location: India Pakistan border crossing #765, India

Battle of Longewala was a battle fought on 4 December 1971 at India Pakistan border crossing #765, in what is now India; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The recorded result: Indian victory.

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Fought4 December 1971lasted 3 days

WhereIndia Pakistan border crossing #765, India27.525N, 70.157E

OutcomeIndian victory

BelligerentsIndiaagainstPakistan

Part ofIndo-Pakistani War of 19711971

Where it sits in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

5 placed engagements of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	4 December 1971 to 7 December 1971
Place	India Pakistan border crossing #765, India 27.525N, 70.157E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	1 Company (120 personnel) accompanied by half a platoon (6-7 border guards); 2 Medium machine guns; 2 L16 81mm mortars; 4 PIAT anti-tank rocket launchers; 2 Jonga-borne 106mm M40 RCL gun; 4 Hawker Hunters; 3 HAL Maruts; 10 Camels	2 Mobile infantry brigade (2,000–3,000 personnel); 40 tanks; 1 field regiment; 2 artillery batteries
Casualties and losses	2 KIA; 1 Jonga and M40 recoilless rifle destroyed; 5 camels killed	200–300 personnel killed; 36 tanks destroyed or abandoned; 100+ armored vehicles destroyed or abandoned
Commanders	Kuldip Singh Chandpuri

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Miani 1843, 103 km NW
Battle of Aror AD 712, 116 km W
Battle of Halani 1783, 189 km W
Siege of Kahun 1840, 220 km NW
Battle of Sind 1298, 258 km SW

In the same war

Before: Operation Trident 1971
After: Operation Python 1971
All 5 engagements of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Elsewhere in 1971

Battle of Longewala is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871598, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Longewala, revision 1376736874, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.