Battle of Burki

Overview

The Battle of Burki was a battle between the Indian and Pakistan Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 at Burki, a village that lies 11 km south-east of Lahore, Pakistan near the border with India and which is connected to Lahore by a bridge over the Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian Canal.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Burki took place on September 6, 1965, at Burki, a village situated 11 km south-east of Lahore near the India-Pakistan border, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The location placed the fighting in close proximity to Lahore, one of Pakistan's major cities, making the engagement part of the broader contest over the approaches to that city during the war. Burki's connection to Lahore via a bridge over the Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian Canal gave the village infrastructural significance along that axis. Pakistan's forces in this engagement were associated with Raja Aziz Bhatti. The available record does not detail the outcome or its specific effect on the wider campaign.

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