{"id":85776,"date":"2026-02-03T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=85776"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:45:21","slug":"operation-gibraltar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/operation-gibraltar\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Gibraltar, Reasons, Strategy, Failure, Outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Operation Gibraltar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a <\/span><b>covert military operation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched by <\/span><b>Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>1965<\/b> <b>to incite a mass rebellion among Kashmiri Muslims and weaken India\u2019s control over the region.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The operation was named Operation Gibraltar to motivate its soldiers, by symbolising it with the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711 AD, when a small Muslim force crossed Gibraltar and successfully took control of large parts of Spain<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Reasons for Operation Gibraltar\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operation Gibraltar was based on Pakistan\u2019s belief that India was militarily and politically weakened after the 1962 Sino-Indian War and would be unable to respond effectively to a limited infiltration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan assumed that discontent among the Kashmiri population would translate into mass support for infiltrators, leading to a spontaneous rebellion against Indian administration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A limited covert operation could internationalise the Kashmir issue without triggering a full-scale war.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Operation Gibraltar Strategy\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Operation Gibraltar, Pakistani soldiers infiltrated into Kashmir disguised as locals. The infiltrators were organised into groups with code names such as Salahuddin, Ghaznavi, Tariq, Babur and Khalid, each assigned to operate in specific regions of Kashmir. Their tasks included sabotage of bridges and communication networks, attacks on Indian military installations, <\/span><b>spreading propaganda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>provoking unrest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among the local population.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Operation Gibraltar Outcome\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operation Gibraltar failed as local Kashmiris did not revolt and instead informed the Army and the police about the presence of Pakistani infiltrators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian security forces detected the infiltration at an early stage, captured or eliminated a large number of infiltrators, and quickly regained control over affected areas. In response to the infiltration, India launched military counter-operations across the Line of Control, expanding the conflict beyond Kashmir.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan escalated the situation by launching <\/span><b>Operation Grand Slam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Akhnoor sector, which further intensified hostilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These developments resulted in the outbreak of the full-scale <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/list-of-wars-between-india-and-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indo-Pak War<\/a> of 1965<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, involving large-scale conventional military engagement on both eastern and western fronts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The war ended with a ceasefire mediated by the Soviet Union and formalised through the <\/span><b>Tashkent Agreement in January 1966<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, restoring the pre-war territorial status quo.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Gibraltar was Pakistan\u2019s 1965 covert mission in Kashmir. 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