campaign, Cold War
Operation Dwarka
Operation Dwarka was a campaign fought in 1965 at Dwarka, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Dwarka. It was part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The recorded result: Inconclusive.
See it on the globe Read the article
Where it sits in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Record
| Date | 1965 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Dwarka, India 22.240N, 68.969E | |
| Kind | Campaign, Cold War | |
| Strength | 1 light cruiser; (PNS); 6 destroyers; (PNS, PNS, PNS Jahangir, PNS, PNS, PNS Tippu Sultan); 1 submarine; (PNS Ghazi) | Unknown |
| Commanders |
|
|
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Bhuchar Mori 1591, 152 km E
- Siege of Diu 1531, 269 km SE
- Battle of Fatehpur 1519, 298 km N
- First Battle of Makli 1770, 301 km N
- Second Battle of Makli 1789, 301 km N
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Burki 6 September 1965
- After: Battle of Asal Uttar 8 September 1965
- All 5 engagements of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Elsewhere in 1965
- Battle of Ia Drang Vietnam
- Operation Flaming Dart Vietnam
- Operation Starlite Vietnam
- Battle of Dong Xoai Vietnam
- Attack on Camp Holloway Vietnam
Operation Dwarka 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 Q4335324, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Dwarka, revision 1379948491, read 2026-11-15, 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.