Operation Desert Hawk

Operation Desert Hawk
	Part of the prelude of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts and the Cold War
	; Map of the India–Pakistan border in the Rann of Kutch
Date	9 April 1965 – 30 June 1965
Location	Rann of Kutch
Result	Ceasefire; Pakistan seizes posts along the Kanjarkot Stretch; Deterioration of India-Pakistan relations;
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Gen. J. N. Chaudhuri	Maj. Gen. Tikka Khan; Brig. Iftikhar Khan Janjua

Operation Desert Hawk was the codename of a military operation planned and executed by the Pakistan Army in the Rann of Kutch area, the disputed area which was under Indian control from the long-standing status quo. The boundary of Rann of Kutch was one of the few un-demarcated boundaries pending since the 1947 partition of India.