2015 – Golden Jubilee 1965 Operations - Proof Set

This post gives the details of the Proof Set. For UNC Set refer to the Next post.

The eighth release function saw the release of a coin commemorating the 50 years of war of 1965 with Pakistan.

The coin and the details of the set are;

Release Function
The Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley releasing the commemorative coins, at the Special Exhibition on 1965 Indo-Pak War, at India Gate, in New Delhi on September 15, 2015.

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between India and Pakistan.

This war started following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against rule by India. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan. The seventeen-day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and also witnessed the largest tank battle since World War II. The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and USA and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration. Both India and Pakistan claimed victory. However, most neutral assessments agree that India had the upper hand over Pakistan when ceasefire was declared.

Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the border between India and Pakistan. This war saw the largest amassing of troops in Kashmir since the Partition of British India in 1947, a number that was overshadowed only during the 2001–2002 military standoff between India and Pakistan. Most of the battles were fought by opposing infantry and armoured units, with substantial backing from air forces, and naval operations.

The Art Work

Executive Set:

Coins of Rs 50 and Rs 5

Proof Set:
Coins of Rs 50 and Rs 5