Battle of Hussainiwala: Difference between revisions

| commander1 = {{flagicon|India|army}}Lieutenant Colonel Shastry<ref name="auto1">Singh, Sukhwant. "1971 War: The Battle of Hussainiwala." Indian Defence Review, 9 Jan. 2017, www.indiandefencereview.com/interviews/1971-war-the-battle-of-hussainiwala/. Accessed 25 Nov. 2023.</ref> <br />{{flagicon|India|army}}Major Kanwaljit Sandhu<ref name="auto1"/><br />{{flagicon|India|army}}Brigadier P.N. Anand<ref name="auto1"/>

| commander2 = {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Lieutenant General [[Majeed Malik]]<ref name="auto">Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem. "The Battle of Hussainiwala." Bol News, 7 Aug. 2022, www.bolnews.com/newspaper/national-nerve/2022/08/the-battle-of-hussainiwala/. Accessed 25 Nov. 2023.</ref> <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Brigadier Mohammad Mumtaz Khan<ref name="auto"/><br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Hussain Chaudhry<ref name="auto"/> <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Lieutenant Colonel Walayat Khan<ref name="auto"/> <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Lieutenant Colonel Habib Ahmed<ref name="auto"/> <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}Lieutenant Colonel Asif Khurshid Afzal<ref name="auto"/>

| units1 = {{flagicon|India|army}}[[Punjab Regiment (India)|15 Punjab]]<ref name="auto1"/> <br />'''Support:''' <br />{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Indian Air Force.svg}}Indian Air Force<ref name="auto1"/>

| units2 = {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}* [[11th Infantry Division (Pakistan)]]<ref name="auto"/><br
** />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}106 Brigade<ref name="auto"/><br
*** />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}[[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Three3 Punjab]]<ref name="auto"/>
*** <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}[[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Nine9 Punjab]]<ref name="auto"/>
*** <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}}[[Baloch Regiment|41 Baloch]]<ref name="auto"/> <br />'''Support:''' <br />{{flagicon|Pakistan|army}} [[Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan)|45 Field Regiment Artillery]]<ref name="auto"/>

Upon the withdrawal of the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|15 Punjab]] from Hussainiwala, the village fell to the Pakistani Army. The Pakistani Army would withdraw from both Hussainiwala and [[Battle of Kaiser-e-Hind Fortress|Kaiser-e-Hind]] on 17 December 1971.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Saikia |first=Yasmin |date=2017-07-03 |title=The Battle of Hussainiwala and Qaiser-i-Hind: The 1971 War |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=123687824&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=Journal of Military History |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=932–934 |quote=}}</ref> The [[Punjab Regiment (India)|15 Punjab]] is remembered today for their incredible stand against the enemy despite having the odds against them.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Shorey |first=Anil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYdR43d6bQQC |title=A Legendary Force, 1st Patiala: 300 Years of 15 Punjab (Patiala) |date=2005 |publisher=Manas Publications |isbn=978-81-7049-246-7 |language=en}}</ref>

=== GallantryDecorations ===

The personnel of the [[Baloch Regiment|41 Baloch]] were awarded 5 [[Sitara-e-Jurat]], 6 [[Tamgha-i-Jurat]], and 1 [[Imtiazi Sanad]] for their gallantry and heroicsconduct during the Battle of Hussainiwala. The [[Punjab Regiment (India)|15 Punjab]] became the second highest decorated battalion in the Indian Army, with its members receiving 8 [[Maha Vir Chakra]]s, and 18 [[Vir Chakra]]s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Shorey |first=Anil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYdR43d6bQQC |title=A Legendary Force, 1st Patiala: 300 Years of 15 Punjab (Patiala) |date=2005 |publisher=Manas Publications |isbn=978-81-7049-246-7 |language=en}}</ref>

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