Military operations in Ladakh (1948)

Military operations were carried out by the Indian Army during the India–Pakistan war of 1947–1948 against the pro-Pakistani forces of Ibex Force and Chitral State Bodyguard in the erstwhile Ladakh Wazarat of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. == Relief of Leh == Ibex Force, which had been raised by Colonel Pasha from the Gilgit Scouts and local volunteers, had besieged Skardu in early 1948.