[6][2] The Rann of Kutch (alternately spelled as Kuchchh) is a large area of salt marshes that span the border between India and Pakistan.

[5][2] The Pakistan Army also got a rehearsal opportunity for the planned invasion of the disputed territory the Kashmir region administered by India, later the same year.

Pakistan's paramilitary force Indus Rangers started activity and took control over the ruined fort of Kanjarkot located on the north-west fringe of the Rann,[4] Pakistani Indus Rangers started patrolling below the Indian claimed line by January 1965 and occupied an Indian police post near the Kanjarkot fort, which was in violation of the long-standing status quo.

[11][12] On 24 April, Pakistan launched "Operation Desert Hawk" a decisive thrust towards the Indian posts in the area deploying an infantry division and two armored regiments equipped with Patton tanks and field guns.

On April 17, the highly trained but still untested 24th Cavalry received orders to deploy to Chhor, about 800 miles towards Pakistan's southern border, to undertake the Pakistani Army's first-ever tank assault.

On April 26, a squadron from the 24th Cavalry joined with the 15 Punjab Regiment and 15 FFR and assaulted the heavily fortified Indian position, a spot known as "Biar Bet."

The possibility of the armed conflict escalation was avoided by the active interventions of the British Prime Minister and the United Nation's Secretary-General.

[19] Both nations withdrew all troops from the disputed and held areas after the peace talks as of june 30 and a pre-conflict status as of January 1965 was established.