| Battle of Muzaffarabad | |||||||||
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| Part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 | |||||||||
 Pashtun tribesmen heading to battle in Kashmir, Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Pakistan |
 Jammu and Kashmir | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 Khan Muhammad Aslam Khan Swati |
.svg){kind=small} Brigadier Rajinder Singh Colonel Sultan Ahmed Khan Colonel Narain Singh Sambyal † Major Hira Lal Atal | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
Supported by:  Pakistan Army |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 4,000 | 500 | ||||||||
The Battle of Muzaffarabad was fought between Pakistani-backed Pashtun tribesmen and pro-Pakistani Kashmiri rebels, and the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces in the town of Muzaffarabad on 22 October 1947. The battle saw the swift defeat of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces and the capture of Muzaffarabad by these tribesmen.
- ^ Iqbal, Khuram, and Umair Pervez Khan. “Why the First Kashmir Insurrection Failed.” Pakistan Horizon, vol. 70, no. 3, 2017, pp. 103–16. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44988340. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023. "The young leader of the invasion's advance guard was jubilant. The operation could not have been more successful. The route to Srinagar lay open before the Pathans, 135 miles of paved, undefended road, a promenade without danger they could complete before daybreak."
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41662588 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2023-12-02. "Around 2,000 tribesmen stormed Muzaffarabad that morning and easily scattered the Kashmir state army deployed there. Military historians estimate it was just 500-strong at the time and had also suffered defections by Muslim soldiers. Flushed with victory, the tribesmen got down to wanton looting and arson."
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