1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes
| 1958 East Pakistan-India Border Clashes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Pakistan |
 India | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Major Tufail Mohammad † | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| East Pakistan Rifles | Indian Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 3 Rapid action teams | 1 Battalion-sized formation | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 2 commanders killed[4] |
4 killed 3 captured[5] | ||||||||
The 1958 East Pakistan-India Border Clashes were armed skirmishes between East Pakistan and India in August 1958. The clashes took place between troops of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) and the Indian Army in the small village of Lakshmipur, located in Sylhet District.[6]
The Clashes began on 7 August 1958,[7] after Major Tufail Mohammad ordered three quick response teams to launch an attack on the Indian troops who infiltrated and occupied Lakhsmipur in 1957.[8]
The clash[edit]
On 7 August 1958, Major Tufail Mohammad ordered to close in on the Indian soldiers from all three sides. Soldiers started to crawl their way towards the Indian troops in an attempt to make them withdraw. Though they were able to reach close to the Indian troops, as the fight started, the soldiers had serious wounds and casualties, as they were vulnerable to the Indian firing.[9]
Major Tufail Mohammad was wounded after he threw a grenade on the Indian post killing Indian soldiers, later on, Wounded Tufail engaged in a close quarters battle with Indian troops, eventually eliminating them by throwing grenades and engaging a firefight with Indian troops and Machine gunners and destroying Indian outposts and making Indian troops retreat.[10][11] He later succumbed to his wounds, and before he died, he said his last words to his Junior officer: "I have completed my duty, the enemy is on the run."[12][13]
See also[edit]
- 1979 Bangladesh-Indian skirmishes
- Bangladesh Liberation War
- Border Guard Bangladesh
- Border Security Force
- Tufail Mohammad
References[edit]
- ^ "Martyrdom anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad observed".
- ^ "Completed my duty, enemy on the run: Major Tufail Shaheed's last words".
- ^ Tufail, p. 16
- ^ "Martyrdom anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad observed".
- ^ "Martyrdom anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad observed".
- ^ Malik, Saleem (7 August 2017). "Remember the hero of Lakshmipur: Major Tufail!". globalvillagespace.com. Global Village Space. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Lakhsmipur in 1958, p. 3
- ^ "Completed my duty, enemy on the run: Major Tufail Shaheed's last words". Dunya News. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Completed my duty, enemy on the run: Major Tufail Shaheed's last words". Dunya News. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Completed my duty, enemy on the run: Major Tufail Shaheed's last words". Dunya News. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Tufail, p. 15
- ^ "Completed my duty, enemy on the run: Major Tufail Shaheed's last words". Dunya News. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Martyrdom anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad observed". www.radio.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.