Battle of Hussainiwala

Battle of Hussainiwala
	Part of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
	; Pakistani soldier standing on a knocked out Indian T-54 tank during the Battle of Hussainiwala in the Sulemanki sector.
Date	3–4 December 1971
Location	Hussainiwala, Indian Punjab, India
Territorial; changes	Pakistan captures Hussainiwala
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Colonel Shastry ; Major Kanwaljit Sandhu; Brigadier P.N. Anand	Lieutenant General Majeed Malik ; Brigadier Mohammad Mumtaz Khan; Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Hussain Chaudhry ; Lieutenant Colonel Walayat Khan ; Lieutenant Colonel Habib Ahmed ; Lieutenant Colonel Asif Khurshid Afzal
Units involved
15 Punjab ; Support: ; Indian Air Force	11th Infantry Division (Pakistan); 106 Brigade; Three Punjab ; Nine Punjab ; 41 Baloch ; Support: ; 45 Field Regiment Artillery
Strength
900	2,000
Casualties and losses
125 total casualties	99 total casualties

The Battle of Hussainiwala was fought between India and Pakistan in the village of Hussainiwala as part of the western front of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. After fierce fighting, Hussainiwala was captured on 4 December 1971 by the 106th Infantry Brigade of the Pakistani Army, and the defending Indian 15 Punjab unit retreated with heavy losses.

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