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The Battle of Chunj or Operation Chunj, was a military engagement between the Pakistani forces and Indian force, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–
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1948 from May-July. It was a decisive battle that resulted in the halting of the Indian summer offensive towards Muzaffarabad from Tithwal.
Background
[edit]Battle
[edit]The Pakistanis successfully manhandled a 4.2" heavy mortar to Point 9444 location by June 23, and thereafter, rained accurate heavy mortar bombs onto the Tithwal defences. Their final attempt came on July 08, 1948, with 2/8 PUNJAB attacking Ring Contour while Point 7229 was threatened by two companies of 5/12 FF (now 2 FF) supported by heavy artillery bombardment, which yielded result as Ring Contour was overrun. There was delay in launching the Brigade counter-attack to retake this feature as 163 Infantry Brigade Commander Brigadier Janak Katoch who resumed charge from Harbaksh on June 23, was out to attend a conference at the Divisional Hq at Srinagar. Loss of the vital Ring Contour feature made logistics for the other localities across the Kishanganga including the mountain troop of artillery deployed at Jarara unfeasible.
Aftermath
[edit]The regular troops of India and Pakistan fought each other from May onwards. The Indian forces had gained success by capturing Tithwal before but with the fall of Chunj feature the Indian summer offensive towards Muzaffarabad from Tithwal was blunted. It added a huge area to the Azad territory. Major Sloan was praised for his actions in the occupying important peaks in the Tithwal sector of Jammu and Kashmir in July 1948.