Battle of Asal Uttar
One of the largest tank battles since the Second World War, fought in flooded sugarcane fields near Khem Karan. Abdul Hamid won India's highest gallantry award here.
In September 1965 Pakistan launched an armoured thrust into Indian Punjab towards Khem Karan, with its new American Patton tanks, aiming to cut the Grand Trunk Road and threaten Amritsar.
On 8 to 10 September the Indian Army met the attack at Asal Uttar. The Indians flooded the sugarcane fields, and the Pattons, stuck in the mud, were picked off by Indian Centurions and recoilless guns. Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid destroyed several tanks before being killed, and received the Param Vir Chakra.
Pakistan lost some ninety-seven tanks; the place became known as Patton Nagar. It was one of the largest tank battles since the Second World War, and it was fought among Punjabi villages.
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