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Draft:Battle of Wanna

2023-12-13T15:39:45Z

Rahim231: Created article not finished

The Battle of Wanna was a military conflict that took place in March 2004 at Azam Warsak, It occured close to the town of Wanna in South Waziristan Pakistan, between the Pakistan Army and militants of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda. There were roughly 500 foreign combatants from al-Qaeda hiding out in multiple fortified villages, which the Pakistan army troops and intelligence paramilitary soldiers had to grapple with. At the end of the conflict, 17 soldiers had died.

At the time, there were rumors that Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, was one of the fighters that the Pakistan Army had caught, but he had either escaped or had never been one of them. Following weeks of hostilities and skrimishes, the ISPR finally acknowledged that the person sheltering there was, in fact, Tohir Yoldeshev, the head of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

User talk:WikiDwarf

2023-12-13T15:37:08Z

Rahim231:

{{User talk}}

== Issue with Notice ==

Hi, I have joined wikipedia India just today. I noticed some buggy notice coming up in misaligned manner. Just wanted to let you know about this. I can appreciate the initiative and I found only you to be doing most of the administrative works as of now here, so thought to drop a message. --[[User:Guy|Guy]] ([[User talk:Guy|talk]]) 15:51, 22 September 2020 (IST)

:Hello and welcome to Bharatpedia, can you be more specific what buggy notice coming up so I can look up at? Thanks for notifying and happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:12, 22 September 2020 (IST)

== Spamming ==

I found a number of new users using their user space for link spamming. So I reverted those. Hope it was fine to do so. Please let me know if it is otherwise.

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | You are doing a great work. Keep going. [[User:Kannadaguy|Kannadaguy]] ([[User talk:Kannadaguy|talk]]) 17:34, 6 October 2020 (IST)
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== How to submit the article ==

I have created the article help me in submitting the article — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Digitalpivot30|Digitalpivot30]] ([[User talk:Digitalpivot30#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Digitalpivot30|contribs]]) 

:{{re|Digitalpivot30}} Hello and welcome, please start a new page in the [[Bharatpedia:Drafts#Creating and editing drafts|draft namespace]] and once it's ready for the mainspace please submit it for a review by placing the {{tl|submit}} template at the top of the page. Thanks - [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:12, 27 November 2020 (IST)
Sure thanks — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Digitalpivot30|Digitalpivot30]] ([[User talk:Digitalpivot30#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Digitalpivot30|contribs]]) 
Have edited & summited the draft..

How to disclose the paid contribution?

== Review of article ==

Hello, can you please review my article [[Shalkal]] and delete the page [[Draft:Shalkal Carty]]. --[[User:Guy|Guy]] ([[User talk:Guy|talk]]) 22:07, 3 December 2020 (IST)

== Thanks for creating article of Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case ==

Thank you. [[User:Subhash Rama|Subhash Rama]] ([[User talk:Subhash Rama|talk]]) 11:15, 22 March 2021 (IST)

== Article creation ==

Hi, why can't I create new page about person? [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 16:24, 10 April 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Rehan}} and welcome! As I can see your account hasn't reached the [[Bharatpedia:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]] level yet so you won't be able to create a page in the main namespace, but you can create an article in the draft namespace using the [[Bharatpedia:Article wizard|article wizard]] and submit it for a review by placing <code><nowiki>{{subst:submit}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the article once it's ready. Please see [[Bharatpedia:Articles for creation]] for more and let me know if you need any help. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:48, 10 April 2021 (IST)
::Thanks for your response. I have created the draft [[Draft:Syed_Falak]] now I need to add image. How can I add?
[[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

== Question ==

Hi, thank you so much for your help. I want to know are you an admin in this Wikipedia? [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 01:19, 13 April 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Rehan}} Hello Rehan, yes I'm an admin here. Please let me know if you need any help. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:35, 13 April 2021 (IST)

== Please approve my page ==

Hello sir, i created a page can you approve? thanks — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ajay Kumar|contribs]]) 18:47, 19 April 2021 (IST) (UTC)
:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} I have moved the page to main namespace after some improvements in sources and added some categories. The subject looks notable so please try to add some more sources. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:23, 19 April 2021 (IST)
Thank you sir. I added more details with source. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 19:29, 19 April 2021 (IST)
==A curious query==
Hello Wiki Dwarf! I am an old user in English Wikipedia. When I tried to log in here with the same account and password, it failed. Btw, my queries are: 1) Is this wikipedia a part of Wikimedia sister projects? 2) Sometimes, I found some articles, though not original of here (I mean they seems to be imported from the simple English wikipedia), does this mean that all the articles are imported? 3) Can I create my user account here and at the same time, can I create original articles here? Though articles with similar names exist in the en wikipedia?
[[Special:Contributions/47.29.19.238|47.29.19.238]] ([[User talk:47.29.19.238|talk]]) 00:04, 8 May 2021 (IST)
:{{re|47.29.19.238}} Hello there, Bharatpedia is an independent platform (please see [[Bharatpedia:General disclaimer]]) so you won't be able to login using your Wikipedia account details, but you may create a new account under the same username. Account creation is not required in order to read or edit this site, but if you wish to create new articles you can sign up with a new account and can create articles on notable topics, no matter if the particular article exists on Wikipedia under the same or similar name. Some articles here are imported from Wikipedia and you may notice a disclosure at the end of each page such as [[Achappam]] and if you can't find such disclosure, you can add one by placing <code><nowiki>{{en-Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code> at the end of the article. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 00:36, 8 May 2021 (IST)
:::Finally, I read the article you cited. Next, 4) Is it mandatory for me to create my new user account here with the exactly same username from the wikipedia org? Next, 5) Do I need special permission to edit, create an article here? 6) Like wikipedia, can I perform edits here normally? 7) Can I import article from the wikipedia? For that, do I need special rights or powers here? I mean all these in good faith. And I have a strong desire to have my service here. [[Special:Contributions/47.29.19.238|47.29.19.238]] ([[User talk:47.29.19.238|talk]]) 00:59, 8 May 2021 (IST)
::::{{re|47.29.19.238}} No it's not mandatory to create a new account with exactly the same user name on Wikipedia, it's your choice if you wish to keep both accounts under the same username. You don't need special user rights to edit pages on this site, but several actions including article creation in the main namespace are restricted to user accounts that are at least 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits. The use of the tool to import pages is only limited to admins, patrollers and extended-confirmed users, but a user without these rights can still import pages manually. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:17, 8 May 2021 (IST)

== Talk back notice ==

Hello brother! I have a talk back for you in my talk page. Besides, I want to know something from you. Is this wikipedia still have connection with Wikimedia Commons and translate wiki? I saw this very wikipedia supports some Manipuri language technical version. Next, does this wikipedia also have multiple language wiki versions? SonOfZeus 10:48, 9 May 2021 (IST)

:{{re|SonOfZeus}} Hello and welcome! this is an independent platform unrelated to the Wikimedia Foundation and is currently only available in the English language. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:54, 9 May 2021 (IST)

::Brother! Can I create my sandbox here in this wiki too? And, where shall I see the number of articles of this wiki? And, about the list of active users, if I want to see! And lastly, does this wiki also follow the INDIC SCRIPT policy of English wikipedia? SonOfZeus 18:46, 9 May 2021 (IST)

::And, another thing, can I create a draft page and how should I start that? SonOfZeus 18:49, 9 May 2021 (IST)
:::Yes you can experience in your sandbox. The number of articles you can see on the main page and unfortunately the list of active users is only limited to sysops. To create a draft you can visit [[Bharatpedia:Article wizard]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:12, 10 May 2021 (IST)
::::And lastly, does Indic script policy also apply here? SonOfZeus 18:29, 10 May 2021 (IST)
:::::No, you can use the Indic script in the lead and infobox to address the name of the subject. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:30, 10 May 2021 (IST)
:::::: Thank you. SonOfZeus 20:55, 11 May 2021 (IST)
::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Hello WikiDwarf, I don't find any user with your name in English wikipedia. Are you there in English wikipedia? If yes, may I know what is your username there? If that affects your privacy, then I am sorry. Else, please tell me.
::And another thing, can I request you for importing articles from wikipedia? SonOfZeus 12:30, 12 May 2021 (IST)
:::Sure you can list the articles [[Bharatpedia:Requested articles|on this page]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:40, 12 May 2021 (IST)
::::But sir, I don't find any link to go to any particular page where I can write the name of the article which I want to request for import.(1) Could you please show me the link for the page where I could write the request? (2) At the same, if I could personally request you at your talk page, please import [[Meitei deities]] and [[List of figures in Meitei mythology]] from simple English Wikipedia. SonOfZeus 11:57, 13 May 2021 (IST)

::::::Thank you for pointing it out. I have created a button that will take you to the request page and also imported the two pages you requested above. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:50, 13 May 2021 (IST)
:: But sir, (1) [[Meitei deities]] is a redirect page of another page. The main page is not imported yet from Simple English Wikipedia. (2) How many articles can I request at a time? Is there any limitation of number of articles at a single request? (3) If something gets changed in the article at general wikipedia, will it's imported equivalent article in this wikipedia get affected? For example, an article "x" has been deleted in general wiki, what about its equivalent article "x" in this wiki? SonOfZeus 10:55, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::I have imported its corresponding article please see [[List of Meitei gods and goddesses]]. You can request as many articles as you wish as there is no limit. If an article is changed or deleted on Wikipedia it will not automatically affect its copy on Bharatpedia so one need to update the particular article manually. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:02, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::: Thank you sir. And, one thing is that can a page be created or imported by anonymous users? I saw [[Irai Leima]] being imported by an anonymous. Is that a vandalism? As you are a check user also, what do you see. Who's that? SonOfZeus 13:27, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::::No, that article was imported using the tool by an admin and the most recent revision was included so that's the reason [[Irai Leima]] looks like created/imported by anon. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:06, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::::I have imported all the articles as per your request at [[Bharatpedia:Requested articles/requests]], please place <code><nowiki>{{simple-Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code> at the end of each article to avoid copyright issue. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:32, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::::::Sure, sir! I will do as soon as possible. Thanks! I have more request in the page. Please import those too. SonOfZeus 15:08, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::Thanks for those import! And one thing, (1) I am trying my best to put the "simple English wikipedia template " at the bottom of every imported article. But if I missed some, will there be assured chance of facing copyright issues? (2) In case of edits performed by myself in the general wikipedia, can I directly copy and paste those here? SonOfZeus 20:08, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::(3) The page [[Khamba Thoibi]] has a very important long infobox and some wiki tables in the [[:en:Khamba Thoibi]] (general English wikipedia). Can we import those partially here? SonOfZeus 20:10, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::I don't see any issue if you wish to directly copy and paste your edits from Wikipedia, but it still needs a disclosure at the end of the page. I have imported the contents from [[:en:Khamba Thoibi]] into [[Khamba Thoibi]] please let me know if there is anything else I can do. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:35, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:: Hello brother! (1) In the main page of the Bharatpedia, some names of religions are given. Could you add [[Sanamahism]] also? SonOfZeus 22:37, 15 May 2021 (IST)
:::Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:47, 16 May 2021 (IST)
::(2) Please create infobox religion. (3) Please create Template:Lang-zh_TW (language template for traditional Chinese) and Template:Lang-zh_CN (language template for simplified Chinese). SonOfZeus 23:46, 15 May 2021 (IST)
:::Please use [[:Template:Infobox religious group]] instead of Infobox religion and for the traditional Chinese, please use <code><nowiki>{{Lang-zh|t=中國}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Lang-zh|s=中国}}</nowiki></code> for simplified Chinese. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:47, 16 May 2021 (IST)
::::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Sir! (1) I have new import request. Please see. (2) I have more than 500 edits. So, I think I am extended confirmed user now. Could you please grant me the right of importer to me? What special steps are needed for importing? If possible, please teach me. SonOfZeus 20:16, 18 May 2021 (IST)
:::::Your account has not yet reached the extendedconfirmed level. A registered editor becomes extendedconfirmed automatically when the account is both at least 30 days old and has made at least 500 edits (including deleted edits) so, I will take a look at the list and import as much as possible. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:30, 21 May 2021 (IST)
::Sir, I have new requests in the request page for import. BTW, due to multiplicity of the articles, I can't put square brackets in every title of the requested article. Please don't mind. Hope you will adjust them easily. At the same time, I will try my best. SonOfZeus 21:50, 4 June 2021 (IST)
:::Hello Sir! As my user account is 1 month old, could you grant me the importer right? If possible, it will definitely help me and you. I might no longer disturb you by requesting exhaustive list of articles for import! SonOfZeus 14:22, 7 June 2021 (IST)
::::{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Please attach an email id to your account so I can grant you the importer right and share instructions. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:06, 8 June 2021 (IST)
:::::{{re|WikiDwarf}}(1) Brother! I have attached the email id. Now, please share me the instructions. SonOfZeus 16:36, 2 July 2021 (IST)
::::::(2) And why we're those list of requested articles removed? SonOfZeus 12:18, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for attaching your email address, I will soon send you the instructions. The page ([[Bharatpedia:Requested articles/requests‎‎]]) was converted to an article by a couple of users but their edits have been reverted and the list is visible now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:40, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::: I received your email, but I think I am still not getting any instruction about how to import an article from the general wikipedia run by Wikimedia Foundation to this Bharatpedia. May I get that, bro! I am eager to learn that! And thank you for all those useful links you send me, those will also help me in future. SonOfZeus 13:23, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::::That might be one of some other automatic emails. I have not yet sent you the instructions to use the import tool, once I do, I will notify you on your talk page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 3 July 2021 (IST)
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Wow! I did it, bro! After properly following your instructions, I succeed in importing files to here! But as I am a birdie, I am importing only one at a time. SonOfZeus 19:49, 1 August 2021 (IST)
:{{re|SonOfZeus}} That's great, please let me know if you need any help. Also, please note that articles created using a tool such as "importer" will not be counted at the edit-a-thon so please only list those you have created manually. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:31, 3 August 2021 (IST)
::But what about the expansion of already existing article? I mean there are some articles brought here through importer before the beginning of this contest. If I expand such article, are they able to be counted for the contest? SonOfZeus 22:28, 3 August 2021 (IST)
:::Yes, they will be counted as valid entries. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:06, 4 August 2021 (IST)
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Hello brother! Please check if any of the articles I have added for the contest is ineligible or eligible! If found any problem, please tell me so that I may either fix the problem or create a substitute in time. Besides, you have a mail from me. Please check it too. Regards! SonOfZeus 22:26, 4 August 2021 (IST)

== Issue in Reviewing ==
([[User:Pixerark|Pixerark]]) Hello editor, I'm New user of Bharatpedia.My published two articles are still in review. will you please explain me review submission process please ? & when my articles will be reviewed ?

== Revert Rights ==
[[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] hello,i had requested you to tell me about how to submit article drafts in afc after 10+ edits but someone demotes my user right will you please revert it...because of this my direct page move option is not appearing please do promote me again so i can move page.Thank You.Waiting For Your Response(-[[User:Pixerark|Pixerark]] ([[User talk:Pixerark|talk]]) 22:16, 14 May 2021 (IST))
:Please see my reply on your talk page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:36, 14 May 2021 (IST)

== Index ==

Hi, I created page many days ago and it is still not visible in Google search results. Please review [[Reza Abbaszadeh]] page and index it. Thank you! [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 22:49, 17 May 2021 (IST)

== Please approve my page ==

Hello sir, I created a page can you please approve? thanks

== Review Timeline ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}, I am planning to introduce a good amount of fashion and film people articles to this place. I have auto petrol rights in English Wikipedia so I know what I am doing. I just want to know, what are the indexing/review timelines here. This is just for a better understanding of the process. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 14:50, 29 May 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Kingfisher}} and thank you for your interest. First of all, there is no fixed timeline for the review process since we have very few reviewers at the moment. Secondly, I will be glad to grant you the same user right(s) that you have on Wikipedia if you can share the details for verification purpose. If you don't want to disclose it publicly for any reason you can mail me. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:35, 29 May 2021 (IST)
:: Here is my user rights screen in en.wikipedia.org. https://tinyurl . com/ykxumuxm. I can't reveal my username because Wiki people keep an eye on everywhere. I find it risky. You can give me the rights for a temporary period and see the work or you may wait. Whatever it is, I am feeling excited about this project. The opportunities are endless. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 17:14, 30 May 2021 (IST)
:::That is totally fine if you don't want to disclose it publicly. Can you attach an email id to your account here so I can share some details? Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:06, 30 May 2021 (IST)
::::That sounds good. I did that. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 01:03, 31 May 2021 (IST)

== User Rights ==
Hey there, I just saw you changed my user rights to confirmed and later again removed that. I would request you to kindly update my user rights to confirmed. Thank you -- [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 16:08, 30 May 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Plts}}, you already have confirmed status. Please verify it by visiting [[Special:UserRights]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:12, 30 May 2021 (IST)
::{{reply to|WikiDwarf}} Thanks for the information. Happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 14:50, 31 May 2021 (IST)

== Will making a page here interrupt with Wikipedia English ? ==

I want to know if same article with same name gets made here and wiki English Will there be copyright or interruption cuz the two pages Under same name? [[User:Positivesoul|Positivesoul]] ([[User talk:Positivesoul|talk]]) 10:06, 1 June 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Positivesoul}}, In order to reuse contents from one site to another, you need to provide attribution. This is done by either saying in your edit summary that the material was copied, and where you got it. There will be no interruption in creating two pages under the same name. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:49, 2 June 2021 (IST)

== can you approve this page ? let me know if it qualifies==
https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:Emma_Jonnz

Hi sir, I have no conflict of interest with this person. he is a famous youtube in west Bengal. And he got a gold play button from youtube

== Draft Request ==
Hey [[User:WikiDwarf]], I just saw my article was deleted by you under criteria A7. I just read what it means, I would request you to provide me a draft for article [[Piyush Monga]] so that I can improve it. Also, please suggest some improvements to my first article [[Youth Against Rape]]. Thank you soo much for your help. Happy editing -- [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 17:00, 8 June 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Plts}} {{done}}. I have restored the article in the draft namespace as per your request above. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:43, 8 June 2021 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Thank you. Happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 14:23, 9 June 2021 (IST)

== Draft: Bhupesh Bansal ==

Hello, I submitted a draft. Please check and approve it if it is well.

Thank you.

== Asking a Favour ==
Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]] I am a Wikipedia editor from the northern part of the country and I also create articles related to Nepal. is it legal to create articles about people from Nepal or any other country? I have created more than 25 articles on English [[Wikipedia]](directly on namespace) and more than 20 of them got reviewed and are live on the wiki but unfortunately, 5 of them got deleted. I will be happily contributing on [[Bharatpedia]] as well if provided the required access, also I agree to all your terms and conditions if found violating any of them you are free to take the required action. --[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 08:00, 17 June 2021 (IST)

:Hello {{u|Mailblog34}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. There are no restrictions on creating articles on any topic but the subject must be notable enough to have an independent article. Since your account has not yet reached the autoconfirmed status I would suggest you create new articles in the draft namespace and once your account is autoconfirmed (i.e. four days old and you've made ten edits) then you will be able to move/create articles directly in the main namespace. If you need any help please let me know. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:01, 17 June 2021 (IST)
* Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]] i am already four days old and made more than 30 edits but still did not get option of "create the pge" , and did not get option to move pages . Help me out on my limited access .--[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 23:19, 19 June 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Mailblog34}} Your account was registered on 16 June 2021 at 09:45 (IST) so please wait for one more day and your account will be autoconfirmed. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:26, 19 June 2021 (IST)

== Vandalism ==

Hello sir. Somebody is keep vandalizing [[Harish Pednekar]] please lock the page from spammers. [[Special:Contributions/206.84.238.118|206.84.238.118]] ([[User talk:206.84.238.118|talk]]) 17:40, 25 June 2021 (IST)

== Draft Request ==

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]], Could you please review this article [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]], link: https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/User:Alialfaisal/sandbox ,Thank You.--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 17:56, 28 June 2021 (IST)

* My dear [[User:WikiDwarf]], Sources have been added to the article, I can supplement them with additional sources if you wish, [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] I hope to review. Thank you. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 18:26, 1 July 2021 (IST)

* My dear [[User:WikiDwarf]], I did not understand why the article was not approved, even though I added several news sources in it and can supplement it with additional sources?--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:21, 3 July 2021 (IST)

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]],More than 6 months and the article has not been approved? May I know what is the reason? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.218.112|172.70.218.112]] ([[User talk:172.70.218.112|talk]]) 20:36, 1 June 2022 (IST)

== I requested that add me admin on Bharatpedia. ==

I will be work forever to wikipedia. Please add me admin group member in Bharat wikipedia.
[[User:Hembram Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] ([[User talk:Hembram Bakhul|talk]]) 12:09, 29 June 2021 (IST)Hembram Bakhul

== Kindly clear the pending DRAFT ASAP. ==

Hi, kindly Clear the pending draft asap so that a contributor like me gets the motivation to contribute more too this open and neutral place. [[User:Marvel|Marvel]][[User talk:Marvel|(talk)]]

== How to upload image ==

Hi WikiDwarf. I am User:VF814324. I am new here. How can I upload an Image with CC-BY-SA license? Wher to upload ? When I click on 'Upload file' button, it brings me to Wikimedia commons. Can I publish file locally on Bharatpedia? [[User:VF814324|VF814324]] ([[User talk:VF814324|talk]]) 13:45, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|VF814324}} and welcome to Bharatpedia! Unfortunately uploading images locally is only limited to sysops at the moment so you can send the image along with its copyright permission to permission@bharatmedia.org. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:04, 4 July 2021 (IST)
:: Thanks, I've mailed as you said. [[User:VF814324|VF814324]] ([[User talk:VF814324|talk]]) 17:59, 7 July 2021 (IST)

== AFC Submission cleaned? ==
Hey there, I hope you're doing well. I'm writing to get your attention on an error I faced.
[[Draft:Sunil ydv SS]], a draft(stub) that I created and submitted around a month ago to AFC. Now, when I see, the AFC tag has disappeared and no reason is shown for this. I would request you to kindly check this issue as well as review this draft as I believe it qualifies [[Bharatpedia:Notability]]. Thank you & happy editing - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 13:56, 5 July 2021 (IST)
:The same error occurred on another draft that I created [[Draft:Piyush Monga]], the AFC tag has been removed and no reason is shown. I would request you to kindly review this draft too. Thank you & happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 18:50, 5 July 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Plts}} The tags were removed by user [[User:Hembram_Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] at the time they moved both pages to the main namespace, but I have restored the tags on both drafts. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:02, 5 July 2021 (IST)
:::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Thank you. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 11:49, 27 July 2021 (IST)

== Copyright issue ==

hey [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] a user - [[User:Hembram_Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] is copying the articles and pasting them here from English Wikipedia without any edits, just informing you as it may violate copyright. Ignore if it doesn't violate copyright policy. --[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 21:51, 7 July 2021 (IST)
:{{reply|Mailblog34}} Hi, I think reusing Wikipedia content is generally allowed as per [[:en:Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content]]. [[User:Pradip89|Pradip89]] ([[User talk:Pradip89|talk]]) 08:42, 9 July 2021 (IST)

== Photo upload ==

Hi i want to upload photo but when I click on upload it take me to wikimedia which is wikipedia portal will you please guide me on it. --[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 12:58, 8 July 2021 (IST)

== Protection Of Wikipedia Article ==

How to add protection to articles so as to stop dispute and vandalism. 
[[User:Wandererkanishk|Wandererkanishk]] ([[User talk:Wandererkanishk|talk]])

== article review ==

Hi [User:WikiDwarf] thanks for your suggestion on article [Sheikh Asif] will you please review it again thanks .

--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 21:14, 8 July 2021 (IST)

== Grant Me as a auto confirmed user ==

Hi, i want to be an auto confirmed user. As I have experience on english wikipedia. So I am much experienced about it. So I please grant me permission. Thanks [[User:Villageboy|Villageboy]] ([[User talk:Villageboy|talk]]) 16:13, 9 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Villageboy}} and welcome to Bharatpedia! I can see you made 10 edits already so, your account will be automatically flagged as autoconfirmed on or after July 13, 2020. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:43, 10 July 2021 (IST)

== Haters are editing the pages ==

Hey wiki, the pages I have created are of public figures, entrepreneurs and places. But some of the people are editing and using harsh language on the page I have created. I request you to kindly give me permission to lock the pages or do it from your end. It would be great.

I am not contributing since one day because of this issue only. As soon as solved will start adding more pages which should be here.

Thankyou [[User:Saumyasingh|Saumyasingh]] ([[User talk:Saumyasingh|talk]]) 03:15, 11 July 2021 (IST)

== Add me admin member group ==

I am hembram Bakhul saying that I five hundred articles edited. I hoped that I shall work the best on Bharatpedia.
[[User:Hembram Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] ([[User talk:Hembram Bakhul|talk]])Hembram Bakhul

== please publish this ==

hi [User:WikiDwarf] will you please review [https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:The_Press_Walla] and publish it .

--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 13:58, 14 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|HamzhaSaleem}}, The draft lacks sources that establish notability so, please cite some third party sources that cover the subject and submit it for a review once the draft is ready. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:15, 14 July 2021 (IST)

-- [[User:WikiDwarf]] thanks for your revert actually its a new eMagazine and news website maybe they will get more sources in future.--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 19:08, 14 July 2021 (IST)

== Draft Request ==

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]],Since June 28, 2021, I am requesting a review of the article. I have attached many news sources and authority control to the article, but so far it has not been approved. I hope you will review the article. Thanks. [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 04:17, 29 July 2021 (IST)
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]], More than 6 months and the article has not been approved? May I know what is the reason? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.219.15|172.70.219.15]] ([[User talk:172.70.219.15|talk]]) 20:33, 1 June 2022 (IST)

== Premtosh Debnath - Real Name Premtosh Nath ==

Dear Bharatpedia Admin Please Change Name Of Premtosh Debnath to Premtosh Nath, I Have His I card, Media Articles Added His name Premtosh Debnath some issue.[[Special:Contributions/47.29.9.5|47.29.9.5]] ([[User talk:47.29.9.5|talk]]) 01:49, 1 August 2021 (IST)

==Requirements for New page Reviewer==
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]] sir, Could you please help to know the minimum requirements for Bharatpedia New Page Reviewer? I can not find any article about the minimum requirements for Bharatpedia New Page Reviewer. [[User:WikiJoy|WikiJoy]] ([[User talk:WikiJoy|talk]]) 01:16, 14 August 2021 (IST)
== Request ==
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]] sir, Could you please unprotected the user draft of Danish Maniyar he is Google notable entrepreneur of India guide me with it draft making I can make his name article page with him of urs please unprotected it . I'm help bharatpedia with my contribution I hope I can be patroller in bharatpedia please[[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk:Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Sir, is BharatPedia a Paid, is that why he is not approving my page? ==

Dear
Bhartpedia Team,

I am Anshuman Tiwari, better known as Anshuman Tiwari Musician, from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. is an Indian Musician. And I am Verified On different music platforms like Spotify, Google Play Music, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, JioSaavn and many others international platforms like Deezer, Tidal and Napster. You get Anshuman Tiwari music on TikTok, Instagram or Facebook library also. and i am verified on facebook And Google.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anshumantiwariofficials

Google: https://g.co/kgs/knU5xV

https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)

Sir i am verified in so many platforms and i have lot of news on google.
Sir why is my page being deleted from Bharatpedia?

Sir, is BharatPedia a Paid, is that why he is not approving my page?

Sir like this i got many complaints against in Bharatpedia,
Sir this time I am making last time making a page.
If it is deleted here then we will have to take further action
:{{re|Iamanshumantiwari}} No, Bharatpedia is not a paid platform it's a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Your article was deleted due to a lack of reliable sources that discuss the subject in detail, and cited sources are not reliable. Please see [[Bharatpedia:Reliable sources]] to understand what we consider reliable and also please see [[Bharatpedia:Notability (music)]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:56, 28 August 2021 (IST)

== Autoconfirmed... ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me autoconfirmed rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 19:01, 31 August 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Anjuman}} You can apply for the user-right at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for permissions#Autopatrolled]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:14, 31 August 2021 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Well, both the rights are different. Autopatrolled marks articles as patrolled whilst [[Bharatpedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed and confirmed users|autoconfirmed]] is a right lower than that of Extended confirmed. I'll have a look at RfP later as autoconfirmed would be autogranted five days later, perhaps. Thanks. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 19:26, 31 August 2021 (IST)

==Fix the problem==
Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir I have created a page in the name of [[Deepthi Sunaina]] 1 month ago, the article is marked as an Autopatrolled.But it is not showing on google. please look into it and fix the problem. [[User:WikiJoy|WikiJoy]] ([[User talk:WikiJoy|talk]]) 20:16, 11 September 2021 (IST)
:{{re|WikiJoy}} I apologise for replying late. I have reviewed the most recent edit and it will be indexed soon. Also, please see [[Bharatpedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers]] to review the minimum requirements for NPR. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]])

== Autoconfirmed... ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])
==A mail==
{{ygm}} [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:49, 23 September 2021 (IST)

== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Reply ==

Why are you deleted [[Bikram Malati]] Article [[User:Emboy|Emboy]] ([[User talk:Emboy|talk]]) 22:19, 24 October 2021 (IST)
:{{reply|Emboy}} I removed the article due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. You can still recreate the article in the draft namespace by citing some reliable sources and then submit it for a review once ready. Also, please disclose if you have a conflict of interest. Thanks. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:27, 24 October 2021 (IST)
== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Editors Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Editor's Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for edit my user-page [[User:WhiteLion|WhiteLion]] ([[User talk:WhiteLion|talk]]) 17:40, 7 November 2021 (IST)
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== Strange yet.. ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}; I've been on constant journeys since last two months and couldn't contribute to the project. I'm curious to know why my articles such as [[Aaqib Anjum Aafi]], [[Faiz Qureshi]] and [[First Aid Council of India]] haven't yet appeared on the Google. I do not see any lint errors in these articles and I plan to improve them more in few upcoming days. Looking for your assistance. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 13:06, 9 November 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Anjuman}}, I don't see any issue with these pages and to me it sounds like they were not crawled by Google bot which is normal so you may contact the support team at info@bharatmedia.org for more details and help. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:44, 9 November 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Anjuman}} It seems like the problem has been resolved as I can now see these articles on Google. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:38, 14 November 2021 (IST)

== Confirmation Code ==

I have created a page and I am improving it [[Draft:Dakshina Kannada]] but when I tried to update info I got a text saying confirmation code,I did not get any confirmation .So could you please help me with this. [[User:AKudla|AKudla]] ([[User talk:AKudla|talk]]) 08:51, 11 November 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{reply|AKudla}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. Can you send the screenshot of the error you see to info@bharatmedia.org so it can be identified and solved? Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:58, 11 November 2021 (IST)

Thanks for your reply. [[User:AKudla|AKudla]] ([[User talk:AKudla|talk]]) 21:46, 11 November 2021 (IST)

== Draft submission ==

Hello admin. I created a draft article but i am unable to submit it for review. when i click on submit the draft for review button i see a blank page. can you check and fix? Thanx

:Hello {{u|111.91.4.188}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. The problem has been fixed and you can now submit your draft for review. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:09, 18 November 2021 (IST)
==Fix the crawl issue==
Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir I have started a page over 3 month before, which is not crawl in google. The page name is [[Swastik Interchem]]. The page is already marked as an Autopatrolled.But it is not showing on google. please look into it and fix the problem. [[User:Flying Bee|Flying Bee]] ([[User talk:Flying Bee|talk]]) 16:46, 2 December 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Flying Bee}}, I don't see any issue with the page you mentioned above so please contact the support team at info@bharatmedia.org for more details and help. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:18, 2 December 2021 (IST)

== Request for Remove Notable Tag ==

Dear Administrator [[Pranab Kr Nath]] is a Notable Person From His Father [[Premtosh_Debnath]], Dear Administrator You can Remove Notable Tag, Because This Page First Rank On Pranab Kr Nath Keyword. [[User:GBPrakashani|GBPrakashani]] ([[User talk:GBPrakashani|talk]]) 01:42, 3 December 2021 (IST)

== Give me administrator ==

wikidawarf make me administrator [[User:Emboy|€ⓜ𝓫ᵒЎ]] 21:39, 4 December 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Emboy}}, you can nominate yourself at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:47, 4 December 2021 (IST)

== RfA status ==

Hello WikiDwarf,

It has been a long time I submitted my request for adminship, but I have not yet received any notification so may I know the status? Thanks. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 15:21, 18 December 2021 (IST)

:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} First of all, I apologise for the delay in responding to your message. Please confirm that you have a strong password and also link your email address to your account so I can proceed with further actions. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:38, 4 January 2022 (IST)
::{{ping|WikiDwarf}} I confirm that i have a strong password and i have linked my email address. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 20:36, 4 January 2022 (IST)

== Indian languages ==

Hello WikiDwarf! Hope you are doing well! I saw Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi Bharatpedia wiki links in this English Bharatpedia main page. Punjabi link doesn't work. I don't know why? Another thing, I just want to request you to build up Manipuri language Bharatpedia also. For that, I will give you full support because I know Manipuri, Hindi, Urdu, English at native level. I can also ask some people from WMF Manipuri Wikipedia, Wiktionary and the building Wikimedia incubator teams to come here. Could you please organize Manipuri Bharatpedia (Meitei Bharatpedia)? [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:46, 27 December 2021 (IST)

:Hello {{u|SonOfZeus}}, Can you send your request to info@bharatmedia.org for better support on this? The link to Punjabi Bharatpedia (pa.bharatpedia.org.in) is working from my side but, if you see any error please attach the screenshot in your email. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:16, 27 December 2021 (IST)
::Yes Sir! I sent the request to the email address you provide me. Well, for the inability to open that very Bharatpedia, it's actually Bengali, I mistakenly told you as Punjabi. For that, I sent you the screenshot of unable to open the Bengali Bharatpedia. For Punjabi, it's normal. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:34, 27 December 2021 (IST)
:::Sir! I have created and designed the Manipuri Bharatpedia main page. I want a Bharatpedia logo to be used in the main page. Is there any logo file uploaded? [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:30, 28 December 2021 (IST)
::::That's great and thank you. I tried to upload the SVG version of the logo but that's working so I have to get a better version. I'll try to upload it tomorrow and let you know. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:51, 28 December 2021 (IST)
::::{{Ygm}} [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 23:11, 28 December 2021 (IST)
:::::Sir! Will it be very hasty for me to request for adminship in Bharatpedia? Actually, I want to do some administrative works both at English as well as Meitei Bharatpedias. Or, please grant me importer right for Meitei Bharatpedia! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:46, 29 December 2021 (IST)
:::::Besides, I am very happy to see our Indian Bharatpedia proliferating very well. Is there any point of connection between the equivalent articles of different languages with one another like WMF does through Wikidata? I saw we have 5 languages in Bharatpedia. Absolutely, there will be equivalent articles. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:35, 29 December 2021 (IST)
::::::We have Bharatdata (bharatdata.org) but for some technical reasons it's not working as expected and the team is working to fix the issue. As soon as it is fixed you will be notified and then you will be able to link all articles. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:44, 29 December 2021 (IST)

:::::::I saw all the articles from Meitei Wikipedia present in Meitei Bharatpedia. How is it possible? Are all of them being imported? If so, who did it? May I know? As I see, I don't see your user account doing these imports. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:15, 30 December 2021 (IST)
::::::::Those articles were imported by the technical team who has access to some advanced features. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:54, 30 December 2021 (IST)

:::::::::{{Ygm}}

== Deletion of a blank draft ==

Hi,
Can you delete [[Draft:Pankaj Kumar]] so I can remove unnecessary disambiguation from [[Draft:Pankaj Kumar (Film Maker)]]?
Thanks, [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 12:33, 8 January 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 8 January 2022 (IST)
== Logo ==
Is the logo for the Bharatpedia ready? If so, I would like to edit a version for [[Meitei Bharatpedia]]? I want to edit in a way like [[Meitei Wikipedia]] has a version from the main Wikipedia logo, like this one: [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-mni-v2.svg|thumb]]
Another thing, I have a mail for you, about another topic. :-)
{{Ygm}} Regards! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 20:37, 9 January 2022 (IST)

== Please protect this page. ==

Hello Dear,
WikiDwarf

Hope you doing well, I face some issue with this page. Some people are flirting in this page. Please protect this page.

https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)

Thank You
:{{tps}} {{Ping|Coolblack4}} I don't see anyone except you and WikiDwarf editing the page. And there's no sign of vandalism or edit warring in the page history. So, it's not eligible for protection. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:36, 16 January 2022 (IST)

::{{reply|SonOfZeus}}
::Sir, Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it. and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 13:59, 7 February 2022 (IST)

:::{{Ping|Coolblack4}} The page has a vandal edit only once as of now. It has been reverted. So, as of now, it's not suitable for protection. Well, I put it at my watchlist. If further vandalism occurs, I will take appropriate actions. Happy editing! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 20:07, 9 February 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonofZeus}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:20, 6 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:21, 6 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page.

You said that if someone will tamper with this page now then you will protect this page. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:00, 7 March 2022 (IST)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Can give me permission Google knowledge panel [[User:Merajul Islam|Merajul Islam]] ([[User talk:Merajul Islam|talk]]) 20:13, 28 January 2022 (IST)
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== Please edit my page by uploading Picture ==

My page is created by you, Picture is not uploaded please upload it and review my page https://wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Piyush_Singh_Chauhan [[User:Anonymous12|Anonymous12]] ([[User talk:Anonymous12|talk]]) 08:31, 1 February 2022 (IST)

== I have already made this page better now and now I have added many references in it from less references earlier. ==

Dear Sir,
I have already made this page better now and now I have added many references in it from less references earlier.
Now don't put any tag in this page sir!
Thank You 🙏

https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:30, 2 February 2022 (IST)

Hello {{reply|Coolblack4}} and welcome to my talk page. Most of the sources you cited aren't reliable such as spotify.com, factdarshantimes.com, yourwikis.com and many more. Please cite some reliable sources in order to remove maintenance tags. If you need any help please feel free to ask. Thanks, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:46, 2 February 2022 (IST)

Thank you so much sir for letting me know. Sir, from which such site can you tell me the list or you can remove those sites and make this page good.
Thank You So Much Sir [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:54, 2 February 2022 (IST)

{{user|WikiDwarf}} Sir, I removed the names of the sites which you told me.bEven after that you put the tag. Sir earlier this page did not have any tag. Please correct this page and remove the tag. Thank you sir 🙏 [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 14:07, 3 February 2022 (IST)

:{{reply|Coolblack4}} Please review [[BP:RS]] to understand what we consider to be reliable sources. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:34, 3 February 2022 (IST)

{{user|WikiDwarf}}
Sir, now reliable sources have been added to this page. Now you can remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 17:27, 4 February 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}}
Sir please protect this page and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:18, 7 February 2022 (IST)

== Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it. ==

Dear Sir,
Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it.
{{page|Anshuman Tiwari (musician}}
https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:15, 7 February 2022 (IST)

== [[Draft:Annamalai K]] ==

Can you please review this and move to article space. It was already there in Wikipidea but now in Draft space. It is already present in other wikis. I don't think any review is taking place. This article is good one.

[[User:Tamil123|Tamil123]] ([[User talk:Tamil123|talk]]) 22:47, 11 February 2022 (IST)

:Hello {{reply|Tamil123}} I have moved the draft to [[Annamalai Kuppusamy]]. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:10, 11 February 2022 (IST)

== Twinkle ==

Hi, {{ping|WikiDwarf}} Why we are not having Twinkle as like in Wikipedia. Can we have it? Is it possible? And I set my user account with advanced settings, but still I can't have any option to undo in page history as like in Wikipedia, can I know why? [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 12:22, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} May I know what settings you enabled and which feature isn't working for you? I can verify that the "undo" feature is fully functional for everyone including anon users. Regarding Twinkle please email to info@bharatmedia.org for better support. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:41, 15 February 2022 (IST)
::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} In Bharatpedia settings that in menu bar at top left corner. I enabled advanced mode. In English Wikipedia after enabling Advanced mode, I saw undo button in every page history. But I can't find any undo button in Bharatpedia pages history. How can I get this feature. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 13:22, 15 February 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}} You Can know my issues [http://dhaneeshram.art.blog/bharatpedia-help/ here]. I clearly explained with some screenshots. Please refer the [http://dhaneeshram.art.blog/bharatpedia-help/ this page]. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 15:02, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Thank you for sharing the screenshots. I tried to install a script but that didn't worked and as per my investigation this feature isn't available on mobile skin so in order to undo edits, you may need to shift to desktop view on your mobile. I will try and ask the technical team to work on it if possible. Thank you for pointing it out. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:56, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:::: Hi, {{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Thanks for your clarification and spending time to review my doubts. Now I can see undo buttons in desktop versions. Thanks! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 09:41, 16 February 2022 (IST)

== Create a new page ==

Hello sir, can you create a page on Major Gaurav Arya? He is an Indian retired army officer and you can find many news articles on his name on Google and other places. Thanks in advance.

== AFC Backlog ==

{| style="background-color: #dfeff1; border: 4px solid #bddff2; width: 100%;" cellpadding="5"

|<big>'''[[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation|Articles for Creation urgently needs ''your'' help!]]'''</big>
----
Articles for Creation is '''desperately short of reviewers!''' We are looking for '''urgent help''', from '''experienced editors''', in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pending AfC submissions|R}}''' '''[[:Category:Pending_AfC_submissions|submissions]]''' waiting to be reviewed.
:<big>'''Do you have what it takes?'''</big>
# Are you familiar with [[BP:PAG|Bharatpedia's policies and guidelines]]?
# Do you know what Bharatpedia [[Bharatpedia:About|is]] and [[Bharatpedia:What Bharatpedia is not|is not]]?
# Do you have a working knowledge of the [[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], particularly [[Bharatpedia:Article titles|article naming conventions]]?
# Are you [[Bharatpedia:autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed]]?
# Can you review submissions based on their individual merits?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions|reviewing instructions]] and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{tl|AFC status}} or {{tl|AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.

:''PS: we have a great script AFC helper which helps in reviewing in just a few edits easily! To install the script go to your user preferences and check the checkbox at: {{myprefs|9|Yet Another AFC Helper Script: easily review Articles for creation submissions and redirect requests.}}''

We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial. 
On behalf of the [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation|Articles for Creation project]], [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 21:36, 18 February 2022 (IST)

|}

== bn.bharatpedia.org.in ==

Hello, WikiDwarf! I am রবি। As a mother tongue I want to start Bengali Bharatpedia like english wiki. Kindly [[:bn:ব্যবহারকারী আলাপ:WikiDwarf#প্রশাসক ও ইন্টারফেস প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন|see here]] for more details. Regards, [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:57, 22 February 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|রবি}} and welcome to my talk page. I'm a little busy at the moment but I will reply to your message on my talk page on bn.bharatpedia soon and also take care of your request below. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:10, 22 February 2022 (IST)

::No problem! I know you are waiting because of 'Trust'. If you can't do, I don't mind, it's ok. I know how important 'faith' is in the wiki. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:34, 22 February 2022 (IST)

::::Sorry for bad english grammar, please try to understand what I mean to say. I'm natively bengali speaking. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:55, 22 February 2022 (IST)

== Mediawiki code installation ==

Hi, you are not answering. Anyways, help me to create at [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-sompadonasarangsho.js]]. Reason for telling you, you are only administrators, Interface administrators and Bureaucrats there.
Code is:
<pre>
function go() {
function initSummaryButtons( mode ) {
function insertSummary( txt ) {
if ( typeof txt !== 'string' ) {
txt = this.title;
}
if ( typeof summaryItemsSeparator === 'undefined' ) {
window.summaryItemsSeparator = ',';
}
var val = $summary.val();
var regExp = new RegExp( '(^|[,;.?!/]) ?' + mw.util.escapeRegExp( txt ) );
if ( regExp.test( val ) ) {
return;
}
if ( /[^,; \/]$/.test( val ) ) {
val += summaryItemsSeparator;
}
if ( /[^ ]$/.test( val ) ) {
val += ' ';
}
$summary.val( val + txt ).focus().change();
}

mode = mode || 'classic';

if ( typeof summaryButtons === 'undefined' ) {
window.summaryButtons = {
hideDefaultButtons: false
};
}

var veSaveDialog, $summaryWrapper, $summary;
if ( mode === 'classic' ) {
$summaryWrapper = $( '#wpSummaryWidget' );
$summary = $( '#wpSummary' );
} else {
veSaveDialog = ve.init.target.saveDialog;
if(veSaveDialog) {
$summaryWrapper = veSaveDialog.editSummaryInput.$element;
$summary = veSaveDialog.editSummaryInput.$input;
}
}

var $summaryButtons = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'summaryButtons' )
.insertAfter( $summaryWrapper );
var $groups = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'summaryButtons-groups' )
.appendTo( $summaryButtons );

window.addSumButton = window.addSummaryButton = function ( label, text, group ) {
group = group || 'custom'; // default is 'default'
var $group = $( '.summaryButtons-group-' + group );
if ( !$group.length ) {
$group = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button-group summaryButtons-group summaryButtons-group-' + group )
.appendTo( $groups );
}

$( '<a>' )
.attr( 'role', 'button' )
.attr( 'title', text )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button summaryButtons-button' )
.html( label )
.click( insertSummary )
.appendTo( $group );
};

var buttons = mode !== 'visual' ?
// সাধারণ সম্পাদনা মোডের জন্য বোতাম
[
'সংশোধন', 'সম্প্রসারণ', 'তথ্যসূত্র| যোগ/সংশোধন', 'পরিষ্কার|করণ', 'অনুবাদ',
'রচনাশৈলী', 'বিষয়শ্রেণী', 'চিত্র', 'বিষয়বস্তু| যোগ', 'বানান| সংশোধন',
'হালনাগাদ| করা হল', 'ট্যাগ| যোগ/বাতিল', 'অনুলিপি| সম্পাদনা', 'উত্তর| প্রদান', 'মন্তব্য| যোগ'
] :
// দৃশ্যমান সম্পাদনার জন্য বোতাম - আলোচনার জন্য কোনও বোতাম নেই
// (দৃশ্যমান সম্পাদনা আলোচনার পৃষ্ঠাগুলিতে ব্যবহারের উদ্দেশ্যে নয়)
[
'সংশোধন', 'সম্প্রসারণ', 'তথ্যসূত্র| যোগ/সংশোধন', 'পরিষ্কার|করণ', 'অনুবাদ',
'রচনাশৈলী', 'বিষয়শ্রেণী', 'চিত্র', 'বিষয়বস্তু| যোগ', 'বানান| সংশোধন',
'হালনাগাদ| করা হল', 'ট্যাগ| যোগ/বাতিল', 'অনুলিপি| সম্পাদনা'
];

if ( !summaryButtons.hideDefaultButtons ) {
$.each(
buttons,
function ( i, s ) {
addSummaryButton( s.replace( /\|.*/, '' ), s.replace( /\|/, '' ), 'default' );
}
);
}
$( '<a>' )
.attr( 'href', 'https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/উইকিপিডিয়া:গ্যাজেট/সম্পাদনা_সারাংশ_বোতাম' )
.attr( 'target', '_blank' )
.attr( 'title', 'সম্পাদনা সারাংশ বোতাম সম্পর্কিত তথ্য' )
.attr( 'tabindex', '-1' )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button mw-ui-quiet summaryButtons-info-link' )
.text( '?' )
.appendTo( $summaryButtons );

// Эти стили находятся здесь, а не в отдельном CSS, потому что на страницах, где кнопок нет,
// они вредны, а за тем, где запускается CSS, мы не можем проследить.
mw.util.addCSS( '\
.mw-editform #wpSummaryWidget {\
margin-bottom: 0;\
}\
\
.mw-editform .editCheckboxes {\
margin-top: .85714em;\
}\
' );

if ( mode !== 'classic' && !additionalCSS ) {
additionalCSS = mw.util.addCSS( '\
.ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-savePanel .summaryButtons {\
margin-top: 2px;\
}\
\
.ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-savePanel .ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-options {\
border-top: 1px solid #c8ccd1;\
border-radius: 2px;\
}\
' );
veSaveDialog.updateSize();
}

mw.hook( 'summaryButtons' ).fire();
}

var additionalCSS;
if ( window.ve && ve.init && ve.init.target && ve.init.target.active || $( '.ve-loading' ).length ) {
mw.hook( 've.saveDialog.stateChanged' ).add( function () {
if ( !mw.config.get( 'wgArticleId' ) || $( '.summaryButtons' ).length ) return;
initSummaryButtons( ve.init.target.getSurface().getMode() );
} );
} else if ( [ 'edit', 'submit' ].indexOf( mw.config.get( 'wgAction' ) ) !== -1 ) {
$( function () {
var frm = document.getElementById( 'editform' );
if ( !mw.config.get( 'wgArticleId' ) || !frm || $( frm.wpSection ).val() === 'new' ) return;
initSummaryButtons( 'classic' );
} );
}
}

if ( !( window.ve && ve.init && ve.init.target && ve.init.target.active || $( '.ve-loading' ).length ) ) {
go();
}
mw.hook( 've.activationComplete' ).add( function () {
go();
} );
</pre> [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:01, 22 February 2022 (IST)

== Pending changes ==

Hello, you can install [[:meta:Extension:FlaggedRevs]] here. It's can also helps to protect vandal. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:09, 22 February 2022 (IST)
:{{tps}} Please email the technical team at info@bharatmedia.org to activate the FlaggedRevs extension or for any technical help. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 23:12, 22 February 2022 (IST)

:::Done. <s>But I haven't got any kind of reply yet.</s> However, thank you for telling. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:37, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::now I got, thanks again for telling. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 11:36, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Mediawiki code ==

Install this code also at [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Sp-contributions-footer|here]]. Thanks
<pre>
{{Sp-contributions-footer|1=$1}}
</pre> [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:31, 23 February 2022 (IST)

:You can use '''|status=approved''' parameter at [[:user:WikiDwarfBOT]] to remove unnecessary categories. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:52, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} Both done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:19, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::Thank you, also add one more code [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadgets-definition]] to run [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-sompadonasarangsho.js]]-this. As you are Bureaucrats you can install Gadgets definition.
<pre>
* sompadonasarangsho[ResourceLoader|default|type=general|dependencies=mediawiki.ui.button,mediawiki.util]|sompadonasarangsho.js|sompadonasarangsho.css
</pre>
[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 11:32, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:55, 23 February 2022 (IST)
Thanks, sorry for disturb you once again. . . Can you see in [[:bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|Special:Preferences]] in Bengali Bharatpedia? what's the problem, common.css is working but common.js isn't. 'স্বনির্ধারিত CSS' is there but 'স্বনির্ধারিত JS' isn't. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 12:58, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|রবি}} Please try now it's working for me. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 14:53, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::{{re|Ajay Kumar|রবি}} The main page was missing so I have created that page and it should work now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:57, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::Sorry, I think you both are misunderstood, I didn't say that. I am talking about my user common.js ([[:bn:User:রবি/common.js]]) on Bn Bharatpedia, where I install some script those aren't working because of [[:bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|'''this''']] (in this '''স্বনির্ধারিত CSS''' means 'user/common.css' is there but User/common.js means in bengali '''স্বনির্ধারিত JS''' isn't there; missing??). @WikiDwarf: Gadget-sompadonasarangsho was already working before (you can see it by clicking any articles or pages bellow the edit summary). Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:14, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::::In English Bharatpedia see [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]], where <code>"Shared CSS/JSON/JavaScript for all skins: Custom CSS | '''Custom JavaScript'''"</code>. 'Custom JavaScript' but on Bengali Bharatpedia in [[bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|Special Preferences]] 'Custom JavaScript' means ''''স্বনির্ধারিত JS'''' is missing? That's why my user common.js is not working there. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:25, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::::{{re|রবি}} Can you try now? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:36, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::::::Thank you so much brother now it's working, but problem is that script should wrii into manually in common.js (<code>mw.loader.load('//bn.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title='......'&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');</code> in its format, not working). One more problem is like English Bharatpedia, mobile mode is not working in Bengali Bharatpedia, please see it too. Regards -- [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 17:45, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::::::{{re|রবি}} I'm facing the same issue. If you look at my contributions you will see that I was trying to install/use some scripts but they aren't working for some reason. I have no idea why some of the scripts aren't working and I'm trying to find a solution or if you manage to figure out before me please let me know. Regarding the mobile version of Bengali Bharatpedia, please email the tech team to install or I will ask on your behalf. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:00, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Reason? ==

Why all articles directly copied from bengal wikipedia? Bengali Bharatpedia needs some more correction :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:42, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:It was done due to lack of users who can write articles in the Bengali language on bn.bharatpedia. You may fix if there is any issue and let me know if I can help you with anything. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:22, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Request for adminship ==
Hi {{re|WikiDwarf}} hope you are good. and while iam reviewing draftspaces just I saw new pages that is not yet reviewed and after I declined some unwanted articles, i tagged for deletion. But unfortunately it is getting delay. Due to insufficient users with rights. Hope I can get adminship for help you guys. And i have experience in Bharatpedia as well in Wikipedia. I requested for adminship at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship/Dhaneesh Ram]]. Thanks! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 21:18, 27 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} The nomination page was not properly created so I have fixed some issues. Also, your nomination is incomplete, please take a look at the nomination page and add your answers to listed questions there. Thank you, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:40, 27 February 2022 (IST)

== Sir a volunteer puts in everyone's page draft. He is a Fake Volunteer and also put this page in Draft. He keeps vandalizing all the pages. ==

{{reply|SonofZeus| WikiDwarf}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:27, 6 March 2022 (IST)

== Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page. ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:24, 7 March 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} If I'm not wrong, you are referring to user {{u|Lucasraven12}} who proposed the article for deletion and I don't see their action as disruptive. Any contributor can create, edit or even nominate an article for deletion if they feel it may not meet our content guidelines, but that's not the dead end. Currently [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] was proposed for deletion and any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion can simply remove the tag. Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the page restored by any administrator simply by asking. In both cases, the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:22, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir, why didn't you protect this page from getting ruined?

You have made this page good even a few days ago. You now remove the tag from this page because now it has all the good sources. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:35, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir it is not necessary that all volunteers will be right.
Volunteers also make mistakes.
You are very big that's why I am telling you. You can check the refill once and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:38, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}}
Yesterday this volunteer had put this tag in this page.
{{Prod blp/dated
|concern =
|user =
|timestamp = 20220307151651
|help =
}}
And you had removed this tag from that page.

Looks like that volunteer hates this page so he is doing it intentionally.

[[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:46, 7 March 2022 (IST)

== Sir, for how long have you protected [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page? ==

Sir, for how long have you protected [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 13:49, 9 March 2022 (IST)

== Page Move ==

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} An IP submitted My draft now please look at it ...
https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Draft:Susovan_Sonu_Roy [[User:Weftpies|Weftpies]] ([[User talk:Weftpies|talk]]) 19:46, 14 March 2022 (IST)

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} But The draft I created has Google listed see this link [https://g.co/kgs/x9YGQH] [[User:Weftpies|Weftpies]] ([[User talk:Weftpies|talk]]) 12:31, 15 March 2022 (IST)

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} If you compare My draft to this page https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) that singer is also not notable and no Google listing also not good reference and if you see My draft page there are good reference and also google listings and good recognition.please look at it.

:{{re|Weftpies}} I looked at your draft and can't find any reliable source that supports notability so you need to provide some reliable news articles that discuss the subject directly. Regarding [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]], if you believe the subject isn't notable as per our policies you can nominate the article for deletion. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:40, 15 March 2022 (IST)

== Adminship for Bengali Bharatpedia ==

Hi, WikiDwarf! How are you? If you have time, please see [[:bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন/রবি|'''RFA''']] at বাংলা ভারতপিডিয়া। I want to letting you know that the time of the RFA close to end. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:50, 21 March 2022 (IST)

== Some issues ==

Hi, WikiDwarf!

Thank you for passing RFA. The problem I noticed is that I can edit under MediaWiki protection but somehow I can't create pages into the MediaWiki namespace. I hope the interface administrator can do this. However for now can you install twinkle gadets extension or js there from English wikipedia?, so that i can translate and correct the script to run twinkle on Bengali Bharatpedia.

One more problem is as an Administrator I'm not able to give userright (like- rollback, Autopatrolled etc.) to another user and main problem is that i'm not able to make myself bot account for temporary to fixing some general issues, for which the place of recent changes is floating. I think it's important to have. Please look at this. Thanks. -- [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 21:55, 22 March 2022 (IST)

: You have to import [[:mw:en:Wikipedia:Twinkle/Localisation|these]]. No problem, please look when you have time. Best wishes [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:05, 22 March 2022 (IST)

::Should I create a bot account instead, if there is more trouble in this. Then I'll request for BRFA. Which one is best? Please suggest too. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 00:03, 23 March 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|রবি}} Sorry for replying late. I tried to install Twinkle here on English Bharatpedia by importing pages [[:mw:en:Wikipedia:Twinkle/Localisation|listed here]] but it seems that Twinkle is designed only to work for Wikimedia sites and it's not available for third parties. Regarding giving use rights, the option is limited for Bureaucrats so, you need to email info@bharatmedia and ask for help on that case. To run a bot account you need to create a new user account e.g. রবি Bot and let me know and I will add it to the bot group. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:04, 23 March 2022 (IST)
::::Done. Thanks! Kindly see [[:Bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:বট/অনুমোদনের অনুরোধ/ReplacementBOT|'''BRFA''']].—[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 15:55, 23 March 2022 (IST)
:::::also kindly give Adminship access to my this bot account too, it's needed to run [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText|Special:ReplaceText]]. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:16, 23 March 2022 (IST)
Will you make my bot as an administrator too? Reason is to run [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText|Special:ReplaceText]], needs administrator usergroup access. I am responsible for the every single work done by my bot. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:16, 23 March 2022 (IST)

:Sorry for disturbing multiple times, hope you never mind. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:49, 23 March 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} Unfortunately it's not possible to grant adminship to bot accounts, but I will ask the tech team to let bot access [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:34, 24 March 2022 (IST)
:::When it's done, please let me know. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:19, 25 March 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|রবি}} It's done already. You may try and let me know if you face any issues. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:12, 25 March 2022 (IST)

;Interface Adminship
::Kindly see [[:bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:ইন্টারফেস প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন/রবি|RFIA]], important rights to create pages on mediawiki namespace. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 15:03, 26 March 2022 (IST)

:::I have modify the [[:bn:|main page]] of bnwiki. Does it look good now or was previous one better than it? Too much hard work I put to create this. Please look at this also. Thanks. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 17:13, 26 March 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|রবি}} Sorry I was busy with some other work. The main page looks good to me regarding RFIA I'll take a look at it shortly. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:19, 28 March 2022 (IST)
:::::Thanks, I'm still waiting! However, for now, could you help me to replace '''$1''' with {{tq|1=<nowiki><a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn">সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০</a></nowiki>}} [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Mobile-frontend-copyright|here]]? I'm not able to do that, this will only interface administrators can do. Thank you. --[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:43, 3 April 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|রবি}} The tech team is undergoing major maintenance work so to avoid any conflict I didn't perform any action. Once the maintenance work is over with more power, I will complete all your request. Sorry for the inconvenience. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:25, 4 April 2022 (IST)
:::::: Ok, I'm sorry! That's why I see previously search box wasn't working in mobile mode, but now it's works. --[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:10, 4 April 2022 (IST)
:::::::One last thing is you didn't replace properly, that's why link isn't working. You need to replace it's properly, kindly '''<nowiki>[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০]</nowiki>''' replace with {{tq|1=<nowiki><a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn">সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০</a></nowiki>}} properly. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:11, 4 April 2022 (IST)
::::::::see it on mobile mode in bottom of the page, if you need any further confirmation ([https://bn.bharatpedia.org.in/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile direct link]). regards! (when I'll forgot to thank you, please consider রবি has thanked you :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:55, 21 April 2022 (IST)

== [[Bharatpedia talk:Arjuni Municipal Council]] ==

I'm confused with this, and didn't understand how to handle it, made by User:Tata India; can you solve it? and help by moving page into draft namespace. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:34, 27 March 2022 (IST)
:{{tps}} I have solved it by moving contents to [[Arjuni Municipal Council]]. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 23:46, 27 March 2022 (IST)

== Import ==

If you had time, can you import [[:mw:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js|মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js]] & [[:mw:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css|মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css]] on Bengali Bharatpedia? As an only Interface Administrator there, so I'm requesting you. You only able to do that. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 01:34, 28 March 2022 (IST)
:Sure, I will import these pages shortly. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:19, 28 March 2022 (IST)

== Now this page will have to be protected permanently. ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Hi Dear Sir, As I mentioned earlier some volunteers are teasing on this page. [[Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)]] You have locked this page after that it is unlocked here. That volunteer again fake tag this page and locked it. I told you to protect this page permanently. Please act as soon as possible Thank you! [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 07:40, 1 April 2022 (IST)

== Email confirmation issue ==

It's seems that there are some problem is in Bangla Bharatpedia in user email confirmation; cause I tried it more than 10 times there from my account creation date to till now but no response get. So today when I last tried there but still got no response so I try here in English Bharatpedia, then finally got response and now my email address has been confirmed there and here both. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:40, 21 April 2022 (IST)

== Protect the page permanently ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Dear Sir, Someone has tagged again. You remove the tag again and protect the page permanently.
Thank You. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 08:21, 25 April 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} I went ahead and removed the tag. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 08:51, 25 April 2022 (IST)

Thank you so much sir, Can you make this page a permanent protect so that no one can tamper with this page? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:13, 25 April 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Coolblack4}} Unfortunately, it's not possible to fully protection, that's need a pure vandalism in the history of article. But, still you need to wait WikiDwarf's reply. Extra, you can read [[Bharatpedia:Protection policy]]. regards [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:17, 25 April 2022 (IST)

==Meetup==
{{re|রবি|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus|Ajay Kumar}} Hello guys. First of all I would like to apologize for not being around, actually I was super busy with the tech team and we were working on some supper existing projects. Everything is almost done and we will be back as normal but I need your help for testing some new features and all. So, can you guys please confirm the best time to discuss? Please add your preferred time below and we'll all try to come online at the same time. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:26, 4 May 2022 (IST)

: {{Ping|WikiDwarf}} I am okay with Tomorrow from 12 PM to 2 PM. But others convenience is must. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 19:36, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::Thank you {{re|Dhaneesh Ram}}, if you have some time we can discuss right now as I'm ok to discuss with everyone on their preferred time. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:41, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::I have some free time for today but others convenience is preferable! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:46, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::: {{ping|WikiDwarf}} sorry for my inconvenience iam little busy now, shall we discuss tomorrow? [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 19:57, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Sure we can discuss tomorrow. {{re|SonOfZeus}} Are you free tomorrow by 1pm? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:04, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::::::It's ok. Actually, for tomorrow, I have some busy schedule, but I will ''try to arrange'' my schedule to make myself free at 1 pm tomorrow for the discussion! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:02, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus}} Great!! so will get in touch tomorrow at 1pm. {{re|রবি|Ajay Kumar}} can join us or we can discuss with them later. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:12, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus|রবি|Ajay Kumar}} Please [https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#bharatmedia click here] to join me for discussion and use your Bharatpedia username to login (without password). [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:51, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::::Unfortunately, I tried after every 10 minutes for 3 times to enter, it failed. Idk why! Hope I will join in the next time! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 13:52, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} That's strange, because I was discussing with Dhaneesh Ram on the same channel. If you want I can mail you all the details and you can test everything in your spare time. :) [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:59, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::::::I'm still around on the channel feel free to join me when ever you are free. Just click on the link above, add your username under "nick" and click start. If you see any error please feel free to share it with me here. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:05, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::::::::Going away for half an hour and I will be back by 3PM. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:27, 5 May 2022 (IST)
Guys, I'm really sorry. First of all i didn't get notifications, just open and seeing it now; secondly I'm passing my Eid holidays. Thank you WikiDwarf for inviting me to that discussion. What was the topic of discussion there? Was it video chatting or normal? Can someone email me with a brief explanation of that topic? I'm little busy now days, Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:10, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|রবি}}, that's ok even SonOfZeus was not able to join the discussion. It was a normal discussion about new features we have introduced. I will mail you and SonOfZeus a detailed email so you can review and react accordingly. Have a good time and enjoy holidays. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:43, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} I lost your email address please send me an email so I can forward the details to you. {{re|SonOfZeus}}, please check your mailbox. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:46, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::Done, please check your email. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 09:18, 6 May 2022 (IST)
Hello WikiDwarf! I received your mail! I have checked out all the websites one by one! There's no problem in log in. Once after I logged in at meta, I saw there is automatic log in at all the languages' wikis! But I saw my edit count in Meitei Bharatpedia as "0" in http://bharatpedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth when I entered my username and check my information! Is this a result of malfunction? I have done significant edits in Meitei Bharatpedia. Besides, in the section of "Groups", I saw nothing in Meitei Bharatpedia's row but I saw "autopatrolled, importer, sysop" in English Bharatpedia. --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:58, 6 May 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for confirming. Please allow me some time to investigate all the issues you raised above and we'll try to fix them as soon as possible and I'll get back to you with an update. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:18, 7 May 2022 (IST)
:::::I just checked and notice that old edits are not updating in the CentralAuth table but those edits are available in the local wiki so if you look at your contributions in mni-bharatpedia you'll find all your contributions. Your user right was missing so I have updated that and it can be verified through [[Special:CentralAuth]]. Please let me know if there is anything else is missing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:20, 7 May 2022 (IST)
::::::I haven't received your email yet, however I'm very happy & excited to see Meta & others projects. Hopefully, I will be of some useful to you in improving these projects. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:52, 9 May 2022 (IST)
{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} My adminship permission at [[:bn:|bn]] is not showing. Is there any problem? Is it done by mistake or the permission taken from me? [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:16, 9 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::{{re|রবি}} I have fixed the adminship on your account on bn-bharatpedia. Also, a detailed email was sent to you the same day so please check your spam box and let me know if you still can't find it and I will resend it to you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:43, 9 May 2022 (IST)

== Main page other languages ==

Yesterday, you added other languages in the main page of bn bharatpedia, but unfortunately these links redirecting to wikipedia. Please see it there by clicking "ভাষা" button ([https://bn.bharatpedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE direct link]), Is it possible to solve this problem? or I'll remove these languages from the main page. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:27, 10 May 2022 (IST)

:But i can see in English Bharatpedia it's working perfectly. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:31, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::{{re|রবি}} Fixed. They were incorrectly linked in [[:bn:বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:26, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::::Thank you. Can you delete [https://www.bharatdata.org/wiki/Property:P2 this], so that I can create it again; I wrongly create this in Data type "Property" instead of "Item". [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:02, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::::Deleted. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 10 May 2022 (IST)
::::::Did you manage to find the email or you want me to send it again? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:37, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::No, I didn't find (hopefully didn't get), you can send it again, sorry for bothered you again. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:42, 10 May 2022 (IST)

Thank you, I got it and happy to hear about Container wiki (it's extremely useful for everyone). In all I mostly liked that when you said majority articles should be related to india in Bengali Bharatpedia (which was not before there), like as I've say before to the technical team. Anyways, when you have time can you correct the prefix of meta "m" (it is redirect to meta.wikimedia.org) at [[bn:বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি|বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি]]? and also can you add one language which is missing in bn - Prefix is "bho" and url "https://bho.bharatpedia.org/wiki/$1". Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 18:33, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:Meta and Bho both done. The name "Container" is just an idea so if you or anyone else have a better suggestion please feel free to share (the motive is to have file storage). Regarding articles related to India, we have around 3k article at the moment and I feel we should have more so if you the list of missing articles please feel free to share through email. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:02, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::In this wiki "m" redirected to "meta.bharatmedia.org" url adress, not a correct one; change into bharat'''p'''edia instead of media, that's "meta.bharatpedia.org". [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 21:53, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::Done, thank you for pointing it out. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:58, 10 May 2022 (IST)
::::Hello WikiDwarf & [[User:রবি|রবি]]! I saw the logo of Meta's main page using the word "Bharat'''m'''edia" but the link url is using the word "Bharat'''p'''edia" at https://meta.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page . I was confused at this. Shall not Bharat'''p'''edia be a part of Bharat'''m'''edia? --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 11:50, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Meta is a project of Bharatmedia Foundation so that's the reason the logo reads "Bharatmedia". The plan was to build Meta under bharatmedia.org but due to issue with saving cookies for global login it was created under meta.bharatpedia.org. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:06, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== About Container Bharatmedia ==
Hello WikiDwarf! I hope there might have already been some discussions being proceeded on at the last meet-up. Btw, for me, I have some suggestions. Wikimedia Commons is known for having very very strict rules about licensing on the pictures. That strictness lead to the enabling of the local wikis (for example, English Wikipedia) to allow users to upload files in their local platforms. Local wikis still have some rules and regulations but not too strict like Wikimedia Commons. I am highlighting this fact because I expect our Container Bharatmedia to have rules but not too much strict like that of Wikimedia Commons. Particularly, cc-by-nc (non commercial license) is totally not allowed in Wikimedia Commons. But for Container Bharatmedia, I wish to allow this. This license meant not to use the files for commercial purposes. And since Bharatmedia projects are not commercial zones, it's still ok to allow files of such license type to be used. Please tell me what are your thoughts on these facts! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 12:02, 11 May 2022 (IST)

:The Container wiki name is different and also a unique one. I'm one of the supporter to keep this name. Whatever will be in its rules and regulations, the main thing we must note is that it is separate from the Commons and suppose to be better than Commons (that we will make). [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:33, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== Bedam Shah Warsi ==

Hello, WikiDwarf! Do semi protect this page, strictly vandalized by ips. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 18:21, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:{{Tps}} [[User:রবি|রবি]] {{Done}} --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:11, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:Can you please delete it per copyright violations. as it was copied without my permission. I am not at all interested to have my work robbed by spam bloggers running this site. — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:162.158.163.221|162.158.163.221]] ([[User talk:162.158.163.221#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/162.158.163.221|contribs]]) 
::{{re|162.158.163.221}} Welcome to Bharatpedia, can you please explain how this work belongs to you? and can you provide some evidence so we can look into to take appropriate action? Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:19, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== Reporting issue ==

Hi, Wiki Dwarf hope you are good, I had faced some difficulty in Tamil Bharatpedia, that is it is automatically logged out. I tried to login again, but it shows incorrect password. Then I tried to change new password by clicking forget password. But I didn't get email. And i checked all other Bharatpedia like English, Hinglish, everything is ok there, i have logged in those versions. Even i checked in meta too and then i logged out from meta and i logged in again but My account is not get logged in to Tamil Bharatpedia. How can I fix it. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 15:27, 15 May 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Let me check and I'll try getting the issue resolved as soon as possible. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:33, 15 May 2022 (IST)
::Can you try again? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:01, 15 May 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|WikiDwarf}}I got mail with temporary password, i logged in with that, but I logged out in English Bharatpedia now, but I logged in again. Probably it all ok now. Thanks for your help and kindly grant User: Import master as autopatroller in Tamil Bharatpedia, because he is importing many articles, it is impossible to mark all articles as reviewed only by me. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 17:35, 15 May 2022 (IST)
::::Hello WikiDwarf & [[User:Dhaneesh Ram]]! I am facing the same problem in Meitei Bharatpedia. I can't log in. My passwords are said to be wrong. I log in at English Bharatpedia and went to Meitei Bharatpedia. But still, there's no possibility of logging in. I am automatically logged out there. Please fix the issue! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 15:40, 5 June 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for pointing it out. There was some technical issue and it has been resolved. Can you check again? Thnaks. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:50, 5 June 2022 (IST)
:::::::Sorry for late reply! In fact, the problem is still going on. I tried to contact Bharatmedia team for the last 2 days through email. But it's always said that the recipient email isn't receiving emails because of some problems. Is there any alternative email to contact them? The first time I got to know about the logging in problem was on 11 May, 2022. Since then till now, I could not contribute anything to Meitei Bharatpedia. --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:15, 7 June 2022 (IST)
::::::::You might need to clear cookies and then try again, this is how I managed to log in. Or you can try from a different browser. The only working email is info@bharatmedia.org and there seems to be some issue with that and I guess the technical team is aware of it. Just try again after clearing cookies by clicking on the lock button in the url field and remove all cookies and let me know if you still can't login. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:22, 7 June 2022 (IST)
::::::::: {{re|SonOfZeus}} I just clicked forgot password while trying logging in. Then after few hours I recieved mail with temporary password. You may try this option, then you can reset your password. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 20:13, 7 June 2022 (IST)

== Rajput ==

As i have already mentioned, the info on page was unrefrenced, and if you see wikipedia and other refrences they are mentioned are cluster of clans.
:{{re|Slatersteven}} You can remove unsourced contents but you need to provide sources to support your claim e.g. ''is an untouchable group''. Please don't include any unsourced info or it will be removed. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 19 May 2022 (IST)

== Draft Request : 28 June 2021‎ ==

Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]], [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]], As of 28 June 2021‎ , the article has not been revised, although I have added other sources that support the article on your site.
Could you look back at the article and review it?
thank you.

Hello again mr [[User:WikiDwarf]],

I have added other sources to the article, the most important sources are in Arabic, and you can check more through the Google information card in Arabic from here: https://g.co/kgs/uTMxqa

Or in English here: https://g.co/kgs/nkYhu1

Or through the official website from here: https://www.fuadalqrize.me

Thanks. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 03:41, 9 June 2022 (IST)

[[User:WikiDwarf]], I hope to delete the article, because it seems that the site administrator does not read the Arabic language or does not have Arab editors who read the sources in the Arabic language that qualifies the approval of the article. Thanks--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 02:40, 15 June 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Alialfaisal}} The Arabic sources were reviewed by me using Google translator and I found those websites unreliable as per [[Bharatpedia:Reliable sources]]. If you can find some articles on reliable news websites (in any language) please feel free to include them in the draft or you can tag it with {{tl|db-g7}} for deletion. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:25, 15 June 2022 (IST)

There are very reliable sources in Arabic and you can check again to see them, I've also added a source from The Times of India and you can check it out here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/author/fuad579/. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:13, 16 June 2022 (IST)

One last point: [https://elcinema.com/en/person/2211899 elcinema.com] ,Arab online database for films, actors and Writers, Is this not a reliable source? --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:45, 16 June 2022 (IST)

:Wikidwarf per talk page stalking I have moved the page to mainspace as I think the article is now ready to move per Times of India and other better local sources. Feel free to revert me. [[User:Anonymous Raja|Anonymous Raja]] ([[User talk:Anonymous Raja|talk]])
::{{re|Anonymous Raja}} I have reverted your move because the Times of India is not a news article but a profile and the rest of the sources are not reliable. Please cite some reliable sources that support the notability of the subject as per [[Bharatpedia:Notability]]. Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:38, 21 July 2022 (IST)
:Menafn seems to be reliable source. It looks like you are reverting the move by different user because there might be some undisclosed reasons. I see there are many articles which are much poor than it in article namespaces. Anyways since you are founder here you are free to do the discrimination and partiality. Go ahead and block my account because I am not interested to live at such a nonsense place. [[User:Anonymous Raja|Anonymous Raja]] ([[User talk:Anonymous Raja|talk]]) 18:19, 21 July 2022 (IST)
::{{re|Anonymous Raja}} First of all I'm not the founder here nor do I do partiality if there are poor articles around they can be nominated for deletion or tagged for speedy deletion by anyone. Regarding Menafn, I visited the site but can't find any information on their editorial policies so the reliability of this site is questionable. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:37, 21 July 2022 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}}, [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] I've done a final update of the article, attach other news and IDs and set an invocation of the article, is it enough or is the site you founded adding who you want and leave whoever you want! ...I think there are hundreds of articles on this site that do not offer any local and already Notability, which is unacceptable if the site has clear and explicit policies and conditions... But this character's article I don't know why I've been fighting it for about a year. End of debate: After reviewing if you see that the article now verifies the Notability of your site you can transfer it, and if the article does not provide the Notability you can delete it directly. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 05:00, 26 July 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}}, Dear, if there's no real review of the article, I wish to delete it, or give me details of the quick deletion request, I don't know what the reason for the delay in reviewing the article is, but what I do know is that this encyclopedia does not have a single editor or administrator reading in Arabic to review the said sources, nor did it benefit the sources and knowledge in English, I think the Notability mentioned by the administrator in this encyclopedia is not applicable to everyone, because there are hundreds of articles that do not achieve any remarkable reliability and their article is already present.That's weird. Admin WikiDwarf thought added the Notability section of the encyclopedia to suit it personally and not in the public interest, I wish to speed up the process by either immediately reviewing or quickly deleting the article. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 03:12, 27 July 2022 (IST)

== Review draft for [[Draft:Sadguru Shri Riteshwar]] ==

Hello, can you please review draft for [[Draft:Sadguru Shri Riteshwar]]? I am looking forward to contribute more here. [[User:Nileshk|Nileshk]] ([[User talk:Nileshk|talk]]) 07:55, 10 June 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Nileshk}} Welcome and thank you for contributing to Bharatpedia. I have approved your submission, but your new article has no links to other Bharatpedia pages, and no other article links to it so please improve your article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text. If you need any help please feel free to ask me here. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:11, 10 June 2022 (IST)

::[[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]], I have added links on the article, how can I upload photo on the page? I have also made over 20 edits. [[User:Nileshk|Nileshk]] ([[User talk:Nileshk|talk]]) 11:22, 13 June 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|Nileshk}} You can uplaod the image by visiting the [[Special:Upload]]. Please make sure you own the copyrights of the work you'll be uploading. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:31, 15 June 2022 (IST)

== Please review and approve my article Rao Sahab ==

Please check and approve the same, i will keep improving it

== Deletion of minor edit. ==

I submitted a minor edit on Pallathu Raman's page. "He had a son Pradeep from his second wife." this you have deleted as No source provided. The reason no source is provided, because I am that son. My mother was Saguna. WHat proof can I submit, because I have no written document.

:{{reply|Forgotten1950}} Hello and welcome to my talk page, You may cite a news article, or book source to support your changes. But, as you said that you are his son you may use your official social media or website as a source so readers know that the information they are gaining is true and came from an official source. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:53, 3 July 2022 (IST)

== Solve my issue ==

Dear sir [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:33, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} What is the issue and how I can solve it? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:34, 25 July 2022 (IST)

Dear my sir, you write journalist behind the name in parentheses [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:36, 25 July 2022 (IST)

Because if we do this then it will look better and people will come to know easily. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:37, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:{{not done}}. We only have two articles under the same name [[Anshuman Tiwari]] and [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] so it's not possible at this point. In future when we'll have more articles under this title, "Anshuman Tiwari" will be converted to a disambiguation page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:42, 25 July 2022 (IST)

If we want to create another journalist's page, his name is also Anshuman Tiwari then? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:57, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:Then you need to add disambiguation to the title e.g. [[Anshuman Tiwari (journalist)]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:28, 25 July 2022 (IST)

== Changing Username ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} I want to change my username ... How to change request ? [[User: PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk: PinkMelon|talk]]) 18:39, 26 August 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} You can add your request at [[Bharatpedia:Changing username/Simple]] and I'll be happy to perform the action. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:49, 26 August 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Are you on Wikipedia ? [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 23:42, 26 August 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|PinkMelon}} I use to but not now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:07, 27 August 2022 (IST)

::::{{re|WikiDwarf}} lf you ask about my experience I'm editing Wikipedia over 9 years as an unregistered user. By the way your Wiki username please ? [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 10:53, 27 August 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|PinkMelon}} Coincidently I was also editing anonymously due to the privacy reason. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:58, 27 August 2022 (IST)
:::::Also, regarding your [[Draft:Mota Kotarna|recent move]], articles on geographical locations such as villages, towns etc. are notable if the name of the particular location is mentioned at censusindia.gov.in. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:09, 27 August 2022 (IST)

== Wish ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Wish you a very Happy Navratri and Durga Puja 🙏🙏 🙏 [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 23:51, 2 October 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} Wish you the same and I hope you are having a great time with your loved ones. 🙏 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:57, 2 October 2022 (IST)

== User Right ==

Can you give me Extended Confirmed right as I'm completed 1 year on here 😊 '''[[User:PinkMelon|PINKMELON]]''' 15:32, 9 October 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|PinkMelon}}, The extended confirmed user right is automatically granted to all users once they hit the 500 edits mark ([[Bharatpedia:User access levels#Extended confirmed users|BP:user access levels]]) and as per your contributions you are not too far so please keep up the good work and your account will be extended confirmed once you reach the require edit count by the system. Please let me know if I can help you with anything. 😊 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:53, 9 October 2022 (IST)

::Can you give me New page reviewer (patroller) right ? 😊 '''[[User:PinkMelon|PINKMELON]]''' 16:23, 9 October 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|PinkMelon}} Please submit your request at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for permissions#New page reviewer]] and describe your experience. I'll be happy to review it. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:14, 9 October 2022 (IST)

== Please move my Draft to be a published page ==

Hi, {{u|WikiDwarf}}. Could you please move this page from draft space out to publish - https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Draft:Prince_Oak_Oakleyski ,, Thank you in advance and best regards. 😊'''[[User:Chanokrat|Chanokrat]]'''
:Hello {{re|Chanokrat}}, I looked at your draft and it's not yet ready for the main namespace as it does not include reliable third-party sources that establish the notability of the subject so please cite some credible sources and submit the draft for review. Please let me know if you need any help. Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:52, 24 October 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|WikiDwarf}}, I've added a few more sources. And the sources I've already cited are credible, for example; IMDB, Nebraska News Channel, and Itnews24hrs. You can also check in Google search. Or you can delete the page if your site doesn't want to know about the 'prince of Eurasia' . Thank you. [[User:Chanokrat|Chanokrat]]'''

== Upload Image ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} I want upload image, Where to upload images ? [[User:PinkMelon|Pink]][[User Talk:PinkMelon|Melon]] 23:31, 18 November 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} You can visit [[Special:Upload]] to upload images and change your skin to Vector by visiting to [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]] for a smooth process. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:40, 18 November 2022 (IST)

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Thanks. [[User:PinkMelon|Pink]][[User Talk:PinkMelon|Melon]] 01:19, 19 November 2022 (IST)

== Deletion of draft ==

Respected Wikidwarf Sir,
Can you please remove the [[Draft:Mayuri (Mahabharata)]] draft, it creates wastage of articles. I request you to delete the page. And please convert the [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)|Kimveka]].
Thank you.
[[Special:Contributions/103.210.202.134|103.210.202.134]] ([[User talk:103.210.202.134|talk]]) 00:38, 3 January 2023 (IST)
:{{Done}} Hello 103.210.202.134, I have deleted [[Draft:Mayuri (Mahabharata)]] under G7 as per your request. Regarding [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)]] the draft is completely unsourced so please submit some reliable sources to support the information and submit it for review by adding <code><nowiki>{{submit}}</nowiki></code> at the top. Thank you and please let me know if you need any help. Happy New Year. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:01, 3 January 2023 (IST)

Same to you sir 🙏 [[Special:Contributions/103.210.202.134|103.210.202.134]] ([[User talk:103.210.202.134|talk]]) 20:38, 3 January 2023 (IST)

== Wish ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Wish you a very Happy New Year 2023 😎🤗🥳 [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 18:42, 3 January 2023 (IST)
:Thank you {{re|PinkMelon}} and wish you the same. Have a wonderful year ahead. 🤗 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:15, 3 January 2023 (IST)

== Added citations ==

Wikidwarf Sir,
Accordingly I have added citations to the [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)]] draft. Kindly please convert into a article. I request you to make it I'll do same with other drafts but please convert into a article means review the draft please. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.202.97|172.71.202.97]] ([[User talk:172.71.202.97|talk]]) 15:03, 6 January 2023 (IST)

== Deletion of Bhanumati pages ==

Dear sir, please delete these two pages [[User:Gomateshwari|Gomateshwari]] ([[User talk:Gomateshwari|talk]]) 17:08, 7 January 2023 (IST)

== Please Review my first article ==

Hello {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir, please review my draft article again [[Draft:Dinesh_Kunwar_Patel_(Scientist_%26_Educator)]], and please publish if worth publishing, or give your valuable suggestion to improve it, to make publishable.
Regards
--[[User:TinyTots|TinyTots]] ([[User talk:TinyTots|talk]]) 10:02, 22 February 2023 (IST)

== Review Draft ==

I have rewritten the article and removed the unsourced information. Can you please approve it and make it live?
https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Draft:Thaminder_Singh_Anand
:{{re|Amankel55‎}} Hello, I'm so sorry for replying late to your message, actually, I was busy with some other work. I can see you have moved the draft to the main namespace already but it still sounds promotional and not written from a neutral point of view. I looked at the sources and notice there should be a section called "controversy" to maintain the neutrality of the article. In order to point out the issues I have tagged the article with NPOV and PROMO so please let me know if you need any help and I'll be happy to assist you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:23, 13 March 2023 (IST)

== Review Draft , [[Draft:Sorif B. Mahmud]] and [[Draft: Wikiyri]] ==

Please review this two article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 18:34, 25 March 2023 (IST)
:{{re|RAJIB-ZRC}} Thank you for contacting. These drafts are not yet ready for the main namespace so please cite some reliable third-party sources that establish notability and submit them for review. If you need any help please let me know. Thank you and happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:28, 25 March 2023 (IST)

Okay, Thanks. I will try to enrich Bharat Pedia by adding reliable sources. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 20:45, 25 March 2023 (IST)

== Review [[Draft:Sorif B. Mahmud]] ==

Please review this article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 23:15, 26 March 2023 (IST)

Please review this draft article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 01:56, 31 March 2023 (IST)

== Moving draft into article ==

Respected Sir,
Can you please move the [[Draft:Manava (king)]] into a article as drafts can lead wastage. Thank you [[Special:Contributions/2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401|2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401]] ([[User talk:2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401|talk]]) 16:09, 29 May 2023 (IST)

== [[Draft:Parvej Husen Talukder (Poet)]], Please approve it ==

It's also notable. [[User:WikiBharat|WikiBharat]] ([[User talk:WikiBharat|talk]]) 22:33, 21 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|WikiBharat}} I looked at the sources; unfortunately, almost all of them are unreliable. Please cite some reliable news articles that discuss him directly and in detail. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:38, 21 June 2023 (IST)

== AFC Script ==

Hi, I would like to assist in AFC submissions. Can you enable the script for me ? [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 19:37, 23 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} Thank you for your interest in helping with AfC submissions. Can you please add your request at [[Bharatpedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants]] so I and other sysop/reviewers can look into this? Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:04, 23 June 2023 (IST)
I've added my AFC request please check. [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 22:36, 23 June 2023 (IST)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for your words of encouragement and the barnstar. - [[User:Kamal Guha|Kamal Guha]] ([[User talk:Kamal Guha|talk]]) 10:48, 24 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|Kamal Guha}} You're welcome! Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:22, 24 June 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Google Indexing ==

I have created an article ( Dinesh Kumar ), i want to know that when will this article be indexed on google. Beacuse at this time this article is not showing on google search.
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 23:49, 30 June 2023 (IST)
:Hello {{reply|Aschoudhary9}} Typically, articles are promptly indexed upon publication; however, there are instances where delays may occur due to various factors, such as the crawling process. In light of this, I would recommend reaching out to the technical team via email at {{no spam|info|bharatmedia.org}} to express your concern and request to prioritize the crawling of your article. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 00:05, 1 July 2023 (IST)

Thanks a lot for your response.
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 00:08, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Article Dinesh Kumar ==

Hello , yesterday I have created a article named [[Dinesh Kumar]] and I am researching about him from some time so that I can write correctly about him , I found a Rajasthan Patrika newspaper on google which clearly states that he belong to Mandha , Khatushyamji and His name is "Dinesh Kumar" as well as "Dinesh Meel", because "meel" is his caste.
Should I update a line in that article which state that (Dinesh Kumar is also known as Dinesh Meel).

[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 07:51, 1 July 2023 (IST)
:{{re|Aschoudhary9}} Yes, if they are also known by another name you can put this in the lead section e.g. "Dinesh Kumar also known as Dinesh Meel is an..." and add citation for verification. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:11, 1 July 2023 (IST)

::But I don't have any link for this because the source for this is newspaper named Rajasthan Patrika [[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 09:15, 1 July 2023 (IST)
:::You can add it as an offline source, like the title of the article, name of the newspaper, date of publishing, and the page where his name is mentioned. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:17, 1 July 2023 (IST)

Thanks a lot
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 14:29, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Removal of Orphan tag ==

Today I edited the [[Dinesh Kumar]] article and I corrected the grammar in the article and added more reliable sources to the article.

But I am writing this to you because there is orphan tag on the article [[Dinesh Kumar]] and I think it should not be there because the article links to many Bharatpedia articles and I request you to remove the orphan tag because such tags affect the indexing of articles.

[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 17:38, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Autopatrolled ==

Thanks for informing me about autopatrolled category. I have put in my request but something seems to have gone wrong. Please check. -[[User:Kamal Guha|Kamal Guha]] ([[User talk:Kamal Guha|talk]]) 20:27, 4 July 2023 (IST)
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:PinkMelon, CU is not operational at the moment and is only granted to highly trusted users after various types of verifications because it contains sensitive data. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:48, 11 August 2023 (IST)

::Ok Thanks, I want to contribute to Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and etc. languages bharatpedia, I can't login there,Can you guide me how to login on there ??? [[User:PinkMelon|'''PinkMelon''']][[User talk:PinkMelon|(talk)]] 10:32, 20 August 2023 (IST)

:::The login feature was disabled on other languages wiki since Bharatpedia was attacked with DDoS however if you want to contribute there you can ask the tech team to enable it by mailing them at {{nospam|info|bharatmedia.org}} and let me know if you need any help. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:41, 20 August 2023 (IST)

== Twinkle ==

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I see the options to enable them, but I dont see it on the pages after being enabled, is it something browser or they are not functional here?
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:Hello {{re|Systumm}}, thanks for bringing up the concerns. To the best of my understanding, Twinkle and -Tools aren't meant to function on wikis not owned by us. About the "more menu" gadget, I've requested the technical team to check it out. I'll keep you posted on any updates they provide. If you come across any other problems or have suggestions, please feel free to share them via email at {{nospam|info|bharatmedia.org}}. Your input will greatly contribute to making Bharatpedia a better platform for its users. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:30, 28 August 2023 (IST)

== Bharatpedia Load Speed ==

Bharatpedia is probably going through heavy traffic or server load, or maybe it needs some extra bandwidth for the cloud, Am I the only one experiencing this? Pages are loading very slow it takes almost 20-30 seconds. Where other websites are loading within 1 seconds or instantly. [[User:Systumm|Systumm]] ([[User talk:Systumm|talk]]) 00:36, 30 August 2023 (IST)
:{{re|Systumm}} You might face issues on uncached pages. For me, most of the pages open within 3-4 seconds but due to heavy traffic and load on the server, long uncached pages take some time, especially at midnight when the site receives a lot of bot requests from multiple search engines. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:35, 30 August 2023 (IST)

== Errors ==

Hi Admin.
I created a few pages and templates but in [[:Template:Infobox valley]] and [[:Hulhulé Island]] some errors are showing related to modules can you fix that? Thanks
:{{tps}} WikiDwarf, I have fixed the issues and informed Soldier on my talk page. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 20:49, 8 September 2023 (IST)

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Except English, other local Bharatpedias are currently locked.After complete maintenance probably it will open for account creation.

[[User:Magadha Historian|Magadha Historian]] ([[User talk:Magadha Historian|talk]]) 19:56, 23 November 2023 (IST)

== Question ❓ ==

Why is our Bharatpedia now entirely reliant on Wikimedia Commons for media files?

Sadly the Wikimedia Commons account "Hutah" that uploaded our Bharatpedia logo appears to be blocked on the Russian Wikipedia.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Hutah

We require a system similar mechanism like Everybodywiki, where files from Wikimedia Commons directly uploaded to their media platforms.
[[User:Magadha Historian|Magadha Historian]] ([[User talk:Magadha Historian|talk]]) 19:51, 23 November 2023 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Magadha Historian}}, as far as I know, Wikimedia Commons was initially utilized for files to optimize disk space usage during the early stages of Bharatpedia when it operated on a small server. However, a decision was later made to use our own platform for files, similar to Commons, and the process for the same is still in progress. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:11, 23 November 2023 (IST)

Oh, it's cool to know that work is in progress. Best regards

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:{{re|Muskit Gergous}} You can nominate yourself at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate]] but before that please review the requirments at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship#About RfA]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:13, 28 November 2023 (IST)

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:The access to create pages in the module namespace is limited to admins. If you wish to create a module, please do so in your sandbox and then request an admin to review it. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:41, 2 December 2023 (IST)

== 3 November 2023 ==
Because of which I am very upset and sorry for your behavior I am going to leave this Bharatpedia and go back to [[Wikipedia]].An admin-created page that you've moved to [[Draft:Farhan Rana Rajpoot]]
And the one whose username you have just changed, you also gave RollerBaker and Autopatroller to him who created an account after a month. 😓😭My purpose of speaking is not that I am playing against you, my purpose of speaking is that I am very sorry to say this to you.And last but not least, I was more senior than him in account editing

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Hi WikiDwarf, hope you are doing well. I was updating some election pages and I notice that the [[:Module:Political party]] and its subpages are not up to date so please update all. Thanks [[User:BellaCH|BellaCH]] ([[User talk:BellaCH|talk]]) 12:48, 3 December 2023 (IST)
:{{re|BellaCH}} done. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:06, 4 December 2023 (IST)

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Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]], Can you review the article now after adding some additional sources and authority control [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]],Thank You. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 00:45, 8 December 2023 (IST)

== 13/12/2023 ==

Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]], im a new user can u guide me a little on how to edit Bharatpedia as i know the basics,also isnt there a source editor mode just like wikipedia?

Operation Desert Hawk

2023-12-13T15:25:57Z

Rahim231: Updated results

{{Short description|1965 Pakistani military operation}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Operation Desert Hawk
| partof = Pre [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 war]] conflicts
| image =
| caption =
| date = April 1965
| place = [[Rann of Kutch]], India
| result = Pakistani victory<ref>Chakravorty, B.C, D. Phil. "History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965." phpisn.ethz.ch, 1992, https://phpisn.ethz.ch/lory1.ethz.ch/collections/coll\\_india/documents/1965Chapter02.pdf. Accessed 24 Nov. 2023.
"In sum, for India the Kutch Operation was a wrong war with the right enemy, at a wrong place (74). For Pakistan, it was a victorious war, out of which it learnt a wrong lesson that it could win a cake-walk victory in Kashmir. This fake sense of victory whetted Pakistani appetite for Kashmir. This led to the September War ultimately" "There was no higher plan to meet the Pak attack, nor any prior preparation for the operations in the Rann. Local commanders chose their own objectives(64). In April 1965 Indian forces were not at all prepared to take on Pakistan(65)"</ref><ref>Hiro, Dilip (24 February 2015). The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan. Nation Books, Hiro. OPERATION DESERT HAWK: A DRY RUN. ISBN 9781568585031. Retrieved 22 November 2023.</ref>
*Pakistan seizes posts along the Kanjarkot Stretch<ref>McGarr, Paul M., ed. "Triumph and tragedy: the Rann of Kutch and the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War." The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945–1965, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 301–344, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cold-war-in-south-asia/triumph-and-tragedy/910E410121641DFE773BC5126C326892. Accessed 21 Nov. 2023.</ref>
*Ceasefire Agreement signed by both India & Pakistan<ref>Hiro, Dilip (24 February 2015). The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan. Nation Books, Hiro. OPERATION DESERT HAWK: A DRY RUN. ISBN 9781568585031. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
"Negotiations on the terms for a cease-fire agreement continued in May and June 1965. Finally the effort of the British Prime Minister bore fruit and a cease-fire agreement was signed by India and Pakistan on 30 June 1965."</ref><ref>Joshi, Rohan. "How India Fought Pakistan 50 Years Ago." The Diplomat, 17 Sept. 2015, https://thediplomat.com/2015/09/how-india-fought-pakistan-50-years-ago/. Accessed 24 Nov. 2023.
""The Pakistan Army’s offensive, led by armored regiments equipped with Patton tanks newly acquired from the U.S., made substantial gains before a Great Britain-led initiative brokered a temporary truce"</ref><ref>Dutt, Sagarika; Bansal, Alok (2013-06-17) (in en). South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-61767-6.</ref>
*Both sides agree to withdraw troops from disputed and occupied territories<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210824155244/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rann-of-kutch.htm</ref>
*Further deescalation of Indo-Pakistani ties lead to the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]<ref>Yamin, Tughral (2012). "An appreciation of the Pakistani military thought process". Strategic Studies. 32 (2/3): 123. ISSN 1029-0990. JSTOR 48529363.</ref>
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| combatant2 = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Indian Generals.svg}} [[General officer|Gen.]] [[Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri|J. N. Chaudhuri]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg}} [[Major general]] [[Tikka Khan]]<ref name="Northern Book Centre, Sagar">{{cite book |last1=Sagar |first1=Krishna Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XM5oZYYvEmYC&pg=PA57 |title=The War of the Twins |publisher=Northern Book Centre |year=1997 |isbn=978-81-7211-082-6 |page=57 |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg}} [[Brigadier]] [[Iftikhar Khan Janjua]]<ref name=":0" />

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{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani War of 1965}}
{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani Wars}}
'''Operation Desert Hawk''' was the codename of a [[military operation]] planned and executed by the [[Pakistan Army]] in the [[Rann of Kutch]] area, the disputed area which was under [[India]]<nowiki/>n control from the long-standing status quo.<ref name=":3" /> The boundary of Rann of Kutch was one of the few un-demarcated boundaries pending since the 1947 [[partition of India]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Nation Books, Hiro">{{cite book |last1=Hiro |first1=Dilip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpPCBAAAQBAJ&q=general++musa+khan&pg=PA183 |title=The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan |date=24 February 2015 |publisher=Nation Books, Hiro |isbn=9781568585031 |at=OPERATION DESERT HAWK: A DRY RUN |language=en |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

== Background ==
The Rann of Kutch (alternately spelled as Kuchchh) is a large area of [[Salt marsh|salt marshes]] that span the border between India and Pakistan. The area was originally part of the [[Princely State of Cutch|princely state of Kutch]], which was acceded to India<ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brecher |first1=Angus Professor Department of Political Science Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjY7aV_6FPwC&q=kutch&pg=PA170 |title=A Study of Crisis |last2=Brecher |first2=Michael |last3=Wilkenfeld |first3=Jonathan |date=1997 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-10806-0 |language=en}}</ref> in present-day [[Kutch]] region of [[Gujarat]]. Both countries maintained few armed police posts scattered along the border.

== Objectives ==
Pakistan planned to serve several purposes through this operation. First was to assess the response of the Indian government and military,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Hiranandani |first=G. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC&dq=the+intrusion+in+kutch+-+operation+desert+hawk+-+april+1965&pg=PA21 |title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975 |date=2000 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-1-897829-72-1 |pages=21 |language=en}}</ref> which was relatively unstable under the governance of [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] after the death of India's first Prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1964 and the loss in the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War|Sino-Indian war]].<ref name=":0" /> The second objective was to draw Indian armor southward to Kutch, away from the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Kashmir]] region.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Rann of Kutch |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rann-of-kutch.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824155244/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rann-of-kutch.htm |archive-date=2021-08-24 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref> One of the objectives was to test the [[United States|United States']] protest over the use of US-supplied military equipment against the India, which was a violation of Pakistan's commitment.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" /> The Pakistan Army also got a rehearsal opportunity for the planned invasion of India later the same year.<ref name=":2" />

== Operation ==
In January 1965, Pakistan claimed the area of Rann of Kutch on the basis of the [[Sindh]] province. 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,<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Triumph and tragedy:: the Rann of Kutch and the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War |date=2013 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cold-war-in-south-asia/triumph-and-tragedy/910E410121641DFE773BC5126C326892 |work=The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945–1965 |pages=301–344 |editor-last=McGarr |editor-first=Paul M. |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00815-1 |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":3" />

The region's terrain and communication network and logistics was favorable to Pakistan<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Bajwa |first=Farooq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a0NAQAAQBAJ |title=From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 |date=2013-09-30 |publisher=Hurst Publishers |isbn=978-1-84904-230-7 |pages=65–96 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" /> with all the approaches to the Rann of Kutch from the Indian side being more difficult than from Pakistan. The Pakistani railway station situated at [[Badin]] was 26 miles north of the Indian claim line and Karachi was 113 miles east from the Badin, where the Pakistan Army's 8 Division was based. Pakistan was able to move the troops quickly and easily along the border line. The nearest Indian railway station at [[Bhuj]] was located 110 miles from the border and the nearest Indian Army formation, 31 Infantry Brigade situated at [[Ahmedabad]], was 160 miles east of Bhuj railway station.<ref name=":1" />

In February 1965, bilateral talks for the negotiation failed.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=SCHOFIELD |first=JULIAN |date=2000 |title=Militarized Decision-Making for War in Pakistan: 1947-1971 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45346403 |journal=Armed Forces & Society |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=139–140 |doi=10.1177/0095327X0002700108 |jstor=45346403 |s2cid=144532810 |issn=0095-327X}}</ref>

The Pakistan Army, equipped with US-made [[Patton tank|Patton tanks]], struck the Indian forces on 9th April.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chaudhuri |first=Rudra |date=2018-01-01 |title=Indian "Strategic Restraint" Revisited: The Case of the 1965 India-Pakistan War |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2018.1415277 |journal=India Review |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=55–75 |doi=10.1080/14736489.2018.1415277 |s2cid=159008785 |issn=1473-6489}}</ref> Pakistan launched a major offensive on the Sardar post comprising a brigade strength.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-30 |title=THE WAR IN KUTCH: DEFENCE OF SARDAR POST {{!}} Salute |url=https://salute.co.in/the-war-in-kutch-defence-of-sardar-post/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124184403/https://salute.co.in/the-war-in-kutch-defence-of-sardar-post/ |archive-date=2021-01-24 |access-date=2022-05-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Colman |first=Jonathan |date=2009-09-01 |title=Britain and the Indo-Pakistani Conflict: The Rann of Kutch and Kashmir, 1965 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03086530903157664 |journal=The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=465–482 |doi=10.1080/03086530903157664 |s2cid=159494083 |issn=0308-6534}}</ref>

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 gun|field guns]]. The Pakistan Army captured four more posts and claimed the whole Kanjarkot stretch. With poor logistics and inferior military hardware, India had no other option than to retreat after offering decent resistance.<ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" />

== Ceasefire ==
The [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson|Herold Wilson]] proposed a ceasefire on 28 April. Both countries signed an agreement to settle the disputed border through international arbitration by the [[International Court of Justice]] on 30 June 1965.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Sagarika |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTQ48I6UvkcC&dq=international+arbitration+by+the+International+Court+of+Justice+on+30+June&pg=PA67 |title=South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses |last2=Bansal |first2=Alok |date=2013-06-17 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-61767-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" /> The ceasefire became effective on 1 July 1965. India and Pakistan both agreed to demarcate the border by a three-member arbitration committee. The possibility of the armed conflict escalation was avoided by the active interventions of the British Prime Minister and the [[United Nations|United Nations']] [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradhan |first=R. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymYCJQjEGBUC&dq=Operation+Desert+Hawk+rann+of+kutch+1965&pg=PA85 |title=1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's Diary of India-Pakistan War |date=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-269-0762-5 |language=en}}</ref>

== Aftermath ==

The Pakistan Army decision makers assessed the Indian Army's strength and capability based on the Decesive success in the Rann of Kutch area and headed towards their next planned execution of [[Operation Gibraltar]] in August 1965.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yamin |first=Tughral |date=2012 |title=An appreciation of the Pakistani military thought process |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48529363 |journal=Strategic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2/3 |pages=123 |jstor=48529363 |issn=1029-0990}}</ref>

Despite India's repeated protests against the use of US-made weaponry by Pakistan against India, the [[President of the United States]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] took no effective action against Pakistan.<ref name="Nation Books, Hiro" />

This attack exposed the inadequacy of the Indian State Armed Police to cope with armed aggression. So after the end of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 war]], the government of India formed the [[Border Security Force]] as a unified central agency with the specific mandate of guarding India's international boundaries. The Border Security Force came into formal existence on 1 December 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Home Affairs |first=Government of India |title=Report 1965-66 |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/REPORT_1965_66_12022021.pdf#page=33 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515043711/https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/REPORT_1965_66_12022021.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Indo-Pakistan Wars]]
* [[Lahore Front]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Battles of Indo-Pakistani wars]]
[[Category:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
[[Category:April 1965 events in Asia]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan border]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan military relations]]
[[Category:Indo-Pakistani wars]]

Joe Biden

2023-12-13T15:19:47Z

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{{Use American English|date=July 2021}}
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| image = Joe Biden presidential portrait.jpg 
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| order = 46th
| office = President of the United States
| vicepresident = [[Kamala Harris]]
| term_start = January 20, 2021
| predecessor = [[Donald Trump]]
| order2 = 47th
| office2 = Vice President of the United States
| president2 = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start2 = January 20, 2009
| term_end2 = January 20, 2017
| predecessor2 = [[Dick Cheney]]
| successor2 = [[Mike Pence]]
| jr/sr3 = United States Senator
| state3 = [[Delaware]]
| term_start3 = January 3, 1973
| term_end3 = January 15, 2009
| predecessor3 = [[J. Caleb Boggs]]
| successor3 = [[Ted Kaufman]]
| birth_name = Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
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| otherparty = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (before 1969)
| residence = [[White House]] (official) [[Wilmington, Delaware]] (private)
| awards = [[Joe Biden#Awards and honors|''See Awards and honors'']]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
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* {{marriage|[[Jill Biden|Jill Jacobs]]|June 17, 1977}}
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* [[Hunter Biden|Hunter]]
* Naomi
* [[Ashley Biden|Ashley]]
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* Catherine Eugenia Finnegan
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* [[Syracuse University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|r|ɒ|b|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɛ|t|_|ˈ|b|aɪ|d|ən}};<ref>{{YouTube|olQT5g6UJJA|"Joe Biden takes the oath of Office of Vice President"}}</ref> born {{birth date|1942|11|20}}) is an American politician and the 46th and current [[president of the United States|president]] of the [[United States]] since 2021. Biden was also the [[List of vice presidents of the United States|47th]] [[vice president of the United States]] from 2009 through 2017 during the [[Barack Obama]] presidency. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and is from [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. Before becoming vice president, Biden was a [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Delaware]] from 1973 to 2009. He had served in the Senate longer than any other President or Vice President.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov/senators/Biographical/longest_serving.htm|title=Longest Serving Senators|publisher=US Government|access-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenextright.com/patrick-ruffini/biden-the-longest-serving-legislator-ever-on-a-national-ticket|title=Biden Longest Serving Senator|access-date=September 5, 2009|archive-date=September 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908171639/http://thenextright.com/patrick-ruffini/biden-the-longest-serving-legislator-ever-on-a-national-ticket|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He tried to become the Democratic [[:wikt:candidate|candidate]] for president in 1988 and 2008 but did not win. During the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 election]], then-[[United States Senate|Senator]] Barack Obama picked him to be his [[running mate]]. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Parishioners not surprised to see Biden at usual Mass | author=Gibson, Ginger | work=The News Journal | date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> Biden has received several awards. He has five honorary [[doctorate]]s, including one from his [[alma mater]] and one from where he has taught law.<ref name="AP1">{{cite news |url= http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlYnobzaV2NlzsdJ03OWJqJtDDjAD983FM980 |title= Biden to grads: You have chance to shape history |agency= [[Associated Press]] |date= May 10, 2009 |access-date= May 11, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has also earned the "Best of Congress Award", an award from the [[Pakistan]]i government,<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49R5I120081028 |title=Pakistan gives awards to Biden, Lugar for support |work= Reuters |date=Oct 28, 2008 |access-date= Nov 26, 2008}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with distinction.<ref name=mof/>

After finishing his second term as vice president, Biden began working at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name="BidenUPenn">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-has-a-new-job-2017-2 |title=Here's what Joe Biden will do after 8 years as vice president |last=Berke |first=Jeremy |date=February 7, 2017 |work=Business Insider |access-date=February 8, 2017 }}</ref> On April 25, 2019, Biden launched his [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] for the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/biden-2020.html|title=Joe Biden's 2020 Plan Is Almost Complete. Democrats Are Impatient.|first1=Jonathan|last1=Martin|first2=Alexander|last2=Burns|date=March 7, 2019|work=The New York Times}}</ref> On April 8, 2020, Biden became the [[presumptive nominee]] for the Democratic nomination after [[Bernie Sanders]] ended his campaign.<ref name=hill2020>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486942-sanders-drops-out-of-2020-race-handing-nomination-to-biden|title=Sanders drops out, paving way for Biden|work=The Hill|date=April 8, 2020}}</ref> On November 7, he defeated former President [[Donald Trump]] and became the president-elect of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9|title=Biden defeats Trump for White House, says 'time to heal'|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> He became president on January 20, 2021, after he became [[Inauguration|inaugurated]]. He is the oldest person to become president and the first from the state of [[Delaware]]. He is also the second [[Catholicism|Catholic]] president to hold the office after [[John F. Kennedy]].

== Early life ==

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942 at St. Mary's Keller Memorial Hospital in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] to a family of [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Roman Catholic|Catholics]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7574085.stm | title=Profile: Joe Biden | work=BBC News | date=August 23, 2008 | access-date=October 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/number-two-biden-has-a-history-over-irish-debate-14048948.html | title=Number two Biden has a history over Irish debate | newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph | date=November 9, 2008 | access-date=January 22, 2008}}</ref> His father, Joe Sr., was a businessman.<ref name="nyt-father">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/politics/24biden.html | title=Father's Tough Life an Inspiration for Biden | author=Broder, John M. | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=October 23, 2008 | access-date=October 24, 2008}}</ref> When he was young, his family moved to Wilmington, Delaware. He also began to [[stuttering|stutter]] at an early age.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=July 9, 2009 |title=Letter to National Stuttering Association chairman |url=http://www.westutter.org/pdfs/Joe_Biden-PublicGreeting_NationalStutteringAssoc_7.1.09.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173845/http://www.westutter.org/pdfs/Joe_Biden-PublicGreeting_NationalStutteringAssoc_7.1.09.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |publisher=National Stuttering Association}}</ref> In [[high school]], Biden played [[American football|football]] and [[baseball]], but he was not a very good student.<ref name="nyt-father"/> Biden attended college at the [[University of Delaware]] and [[Syracuse University]]. He did not have to fight in the [[Vietnam War]] because he was going to [[College Beauty|college]] and had [[asthma]] as a child.<ref name="wapo-romano87">{{cite news | url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73826122.html?dids=73826122:73826122 | format=fee required | title=Joe Biden & the Politics of Belief | author=Romano, Lois | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=June 9, 1987 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== In the Senate ==
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[[File:Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Biden and [[Jimmy Carter]]]]
For many years, Biden was a [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] from Delaware. Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 when he was 29 years old. His election was somewhat of a surprise. The other candidate, [[J. Caleb Boggs]], had more [[:wikt:experience|experience]] and more money to spend on his campaign.<ref name="npr-72">{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14999603 | title=Biden's Road to Senate Took Tragic Turn | author=Naylor, Brian | publisher=NPR | date=October 8, 2007 | access-date=September 12, 2008}}</ref> He is one of the youngest people to become a U.S. Senator, because he was only two months older than the minimum age, 30, required to be one.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Youngest_Senator.htm | title=Youngest Senator | publisher=[[United States Senate]] | access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> (While he was 29 during the election, he turned 30 before he became a senator.)

Biden was re-elected to the Senate six times.<ref name="aap08-bio">''Almanac of American Politics'' 2008, p. 366.</ref> He became a prominent defender of [[Israel]] as a senator, and said that if there was no country like Israel the U.S. would have to make one.<ref>{{cite speech |title=Joe Biden says if Israel didn't exist, the US would have to invent one to protect US interests |author=Joe Biden |date=1986-06-05 |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLNCcLfIkM}}</ref> Later in his time in the Senate, Biden served as [[:wikt:chairman|chair]] of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Foreign Relations committee deals with American issues in other countries. When Biden was chair, the committee dealt with the 1991 [[Gulf War]], the 2003 [[War in Iraq]], and several [[treaty|treaties]]. The Judiciary Committee dealt with the choice of [[Clarence Thomas]], [[Robert Bork]], and others for the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] (SCOTUS). Biden thought that Thomas and Bork should not be on the Court.<ref name="mayer-abramson">{{cite book |last= Mayer |first=Jane |author2=Jill Abramson |title= Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas |url= https://archive.org/details/strangejusticese00maye |publisher=Houghton Mifflin | year=1994 |isbn=978-0-395-63318-2}} p. 213, 218, 336.</ref> Though U.S. senators work in [[Washington, DC]], Biden took the train home to Delaware every night.<ref name="family values">{{cite news |url= http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/OPINION/712010307&template=single |title= Biden a smart guy who has lived his family values |author= Pride, Mike |publisher= Concord Monitor |date= December 1, 2007 |access-date= October 4, 2008 |archive-date= May 17, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130517105929/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071201%2FOPINION%2F712010307&template=single |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Before becoming vice president, Biden was ranked one of the least wealthy [[United States Senate|members of the Senate]],<ref name="lat082408nw">{{#invoke:cite news||last=Wallsten|first=Peter|date=August 24, 2008|title=Demographics part of calculation: Biden adds experience, yes, but he could also help with Catholics, blue-collar whites and women|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-assess24-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515025410/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-assess24-story.html|archive-date=May 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=August 24, 2008|title=A look at Biden's net worth|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/24/a_look_at_bidens_net_worth/|url-status=dead|access-date=February 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725145844/http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/24/a_look_at_bidens_net_worth/|archive-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Broder|first=John M.|date=September 13, 2008|title=Biden Releases Tax Returns, in Part to Pressure Rivals|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13biden.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425024153/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13biden.html|archive-date=April 25, 2011}}</ref> which he said was because he was young when elected to the Senate.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Mooney|first=Alexander|date=September 12, 2008|title=Biden tax returns revealed|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/12/biden-tax-returns-revealed/|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913001912/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/12/biden-tax-returns-revealed/|archive-date=September 13, 2008}}</ref> In November 2009, Biden's [[net worth]] was $27,012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Montopoli|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/237-millionaires-in-congress/|title=237 Millionaires in Congress|publisher=[[cbsnews.com|CBS News]]|date=November 6, 2009|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818145713/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/237-millionaires-in-congress/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Running for President and Vice President ==
Biden ran for president three times, in 1988, 2008 and 2020. The first time he was viewed as a good choice early on, but quit after it was discovered he gave a speech that was copied from [[Neil Kinnock]], a British politician.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DD1531F931A2575AC0A961948260 | title= Biden's Debate Finale: An Echo From Abroad | author=Maureen Dowd | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 12, 1987}}</ref>

[[File:Biden Obama 3b.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Biden campaigns with then Senator [[Barack Obama]] in 2008]]
Biden tried again to get the Democratic Party's [[wikt:nomination|nomination]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013100404.html |title=Biden Stumbles at the Starting Gate |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 23, 2008|date=January 1, 2007 |author= Balz, Dan}}</ref> He ran mostly on foreign issues, especially getting U.S. troops out of Iraq. Many thought of him as a good choice for [[Secretary of State]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/11/29/politics/p144018S01.DTL&type=printable |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |title=Biden Won't Serve As Secretary of State |date=29 November 2007 |access-date=February 6, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He stopped his [[campaign]] on January 3, 2008 after he did not get many votes in the [[Iowa]] [[caucus]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400260.html | title=Biden, Dodd Withdraw From Race | author=Murray, Shailagh | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=January 4, 2008| access-date=August 29, 2008}}</ref> However, he later became [[Barack Obama]]'s pick for vice president due to what he knew about Iraq and because the [[working class]] liked him.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Obama's veep message to supporters |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300455.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gG5sB7|title=Text message is out and it's official|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227182501/http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gG5sB7|archive-date=2009-02-27|access-date=2009-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Obama-rm">{{cite web|publisher=BarackObama.com|url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/welcomejoe|title=Welcome the Next Vice President|access-date=24 August 2008|archive-date=26 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826003247/http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/welcomejoe|url-status=dead}}</ref>

When Biden was running for president, he [[wikt:critic|criticized]] Obama, talking about his lack of experience, but later he supported Obama to become president. His opponent as vice president was [[Sarah Palin]], who had less experience but was seen as more interesting by the media.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.journalism.org/node/12800 | title=Northern Exposure Still Dominates the News | publisher=Pew Research Center | author=Jurkowitz, Mark | date=14 September 2009 | access-date=24 November 2009}}</ref> Before the election, there were [[debate]]s between the different candidates running for president or vice president. In the debate between Biden and Palin, many people believed that he knew more about running America than Palin did.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/debate.poll/?iref=hpmostpop |title= Debate poll says Biden won, Palin beat expectations |access-date= 4 October 2008 |publisher= Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.}}</ref> When Obama was elected president on November 4, 2008, Biden was elected vice president.

== As Vice President ==
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[[File:Joe Biden official portrait 2013 cropped (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|Biden's official portrait as vice president in 2013]]
[[File:Joe Biden sworn in 1-20-09 hires 090120-N-0696M-204a.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Joe Biden becomes Vice President on January 20, 2009]]
Biden became vice president on January 20, 2009, and is the first person from Delaware and first Roman Catholic to be vice president.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081106/NEWS02/811060379 | title=VP's home awaits if Biden chooses | author=Gaudiano, Nicole | work=The News Journal | date=November 6, 2008 | access-date=November 8, 2008}}</ref> When Biden became vice president, he said he would do things differently from [[Dick Cheney]], who had been vice president before him.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16558.html | title=Biden to shrink VP role — big time | author=Lee, Carol E. | publisher=The Politico | date=14 December 2008 | access-date=23 December 2008}}</ref> Biden has said that his vice-presidency will not be like any other.<ref name="lkl122208">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/22/biden.lkl/index.html | title= Biden says he'll be different vice president | publisher=CNN | date=December 22, 2008 | access-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>

Biden's main role was as an [[advisor]] to Obama, mostly on issues of foreign policy and the economy. Obama has asked for Biden's input on most of his major decisions, such as who to put in his [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and how to fight the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref name="lkl122208"/> Obama has put him in charge of groups to deal with the problems of the [[working class]], as well as to watch the money in his [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus bill]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/21/transition.wrap/index.html |title=What Obama promised Biden |author=Hornick, Ed and Levs, Josh |publisher=CNN |date=21 December 2008 |access-date=23 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1908167-1,00.html |title=What Happened to the Stimulus? |author=Scherer, Michael |magazine=Time |date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=July 8, 2009 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171011212142/http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1908167-1,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Biden had also traveled to the [[Middle East]] several times on behalf of Obama and the U.S. while Vice President.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/16/AR2009091602998.html |title=Biden Pushes Iraqi Leaders On Vote Law, Oil-Bid Perks |author=Wilson, Scott |newspaper= The Washington Post |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=17 September 2009}}</ref> In 2011, Biden led talks on the budget and the debt. On November 6, 2012, Biden was [[United States presidential election, 2012|re-elected]] for a second term as vice president along with President [[Barack Obama]].

In August 2015, Biden said that he was looking for a possible chance of running for president again in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. election]].<ref name=Dowd1>Maureen Dowd - "Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do?", ''The New York Times'', August 1, 2015.</ref><ref name=Itkowitz1>Colby Itkowitz - "There is a ‘Draft Joe Biden’ Super PAC Now; It’s Even Hiring a Fundraiser", ''The Washington Post'', March 23, 2015.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/23/job-opening-raise-money-to-draft-joe-biden-to-run-in-2016/] Retrieved August 2, 2015</ref> Biden formed a [[PAC]] for his possible run.<ref>Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak - "Joe Biden Keeps Watchful Eye on 2016 Race", CNN, August 1, 2015.[http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/vice-president-joe-biden-presidential-elections/] Retrieved August 2, 2015</ref> On October 21, speaking from a podium in the [[White House Rose Garden|Rose Garden]] with his wife and President Obama by his side, Biden announced his decision not to enter the race for the Democratic nomination for the presidency for the 2016 election.<ref>Jeff Mason - [http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/21/biden-announces-hes-not-running-for-president/21252056/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D36905727 "Biden says he will not seek 2016 Democratic nomination"], ''Thomson Reuters'', October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Comment Joe Biden Is Not Running For President In 2016|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-biden-president-2016_55f1cefbe4b093be51be0d69|work=HuffPost|date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden Decides Not to Enter Presidential Race|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-decides-not-to-enter-presidential-race-1445444657|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref>

Biden never had to break a tie vote in the [[United States Senate]], making him the longest-serving vice president not to do this.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=February 7, 2017|title=Pence Has Already Done Something Biden Never Did: Break A Senate Tie |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pence-has-already-done-something-biden-never-did-break-a-senate-tie/|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|quote=Twelve vice presidents, including Biden, never broke a tie; Biden was the longest-serving vice president to never do so.|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082937/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pence-has-already-done-something-biden-never-did-break-a-senate-tie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After winning the election, Biden served the Vice Presidency until January 20, 2017.

== 2020 presidential election ==
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[[File:Joe Biden kickoff rally May 2019.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Biden at his first presidential campaign rally in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], May 2019]]
During a tour of the U.S. Senate with reporters before leaving office on December 5, 2016, Biden said that a presidential bid was possible in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], after leaving office as vice president. While on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' on December 7, he stated "never say never" about running for president in 2020, while also admitting he did not see a scenario in which he would run for office again.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/ |title=Joe Biden Discussed Running in 2020 With Stephen Colbert: 'Never Say Never' |magazine=Time |access-date=December 8, 2016 |date=December 7, 2016 |author=Lang, Cady}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/07/politics/joe-biden-colbert-interview-2020-buzz/ |title=Biden stokes 2020 buzz on Colbert: 'Never say never' |publisher=CNN |access-date=December 8, 2016 |date=December 7, 2016 |author=Wright, David}}</ref> On January 13, 2017, exactly one week before [[Donald Trump]] took office. he said he would not run.<ref name = "Revesz">{{cite news|last=Revesz|first=Rachael|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-biden-think-tank-research-centre-university-pennsylvania-delaware-white-house-staff-cancer-a7526881.html|title=Joe Biden: I will not run for president in 2020 but I am working to cure cancer|work=[[The Independent]]|date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> However, four days later, on January 17, he took the statement back, saying "I'll run if I can walk."<ref name="IfICanWalk">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/joe-biden-i-wish-to-hell-id-just-kept-saying-the-exact-same-thing.html|title=Joe Biden: 'I Wish to Hell I'd Just Kept Saying the Exact Same Thing'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref>

Biden was mentioned by many news outlets as a potential candidate for the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic nomination]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/17/joe-biden-president-january-decision/793771002/|title=Joe Biden says he will decide whether he's running for president by January|work=USA Today|access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> In March 2019, he said he may run.<ref name=17March2019>{{Cite news|author=|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47601121|title=Joe Biden says he's running in 2020 — then corrects himself|work=BBC|date=March 17, 2019|quote=Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself.}}</ref>
[[File:Portrait of United States President Joe Biden.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Biden in August 2020]]
He formally launched his campaign on April 25, 2019.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|last1=Saenz|first1=Arlette|last2=Zeleny|first2=Jeff|title=Joe Biden to announce his 2020 presidential bid on Thursday|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/2020-biden-announcement-thursday/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=April 23, 2019|access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref>

In April 2020, Biden became the only candidate in the primary making him the [[presumptive nominee]] for the nomination.<ref name=hill2020/> At first, he lost the first three primary contests to Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]. After winning the [[South Carolina]] primary, he gained traction and won most of the [[Super Tuesday]] races.

Biden promised when elected he would protect ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' decision, create a [[public option]] for health insurance, [[decriminalization]] of [[cannabis|recreational cannabis]], pass the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]], create free [[community college]], and a $1.7 trillion climate plan supporting the [[Green New Deal]]. He supports regulation instead of a complete ban on [[fracking]].

In early 2020, Biden promised he [[2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|would pick a woman]] as his [[running mate]]. He also promised that his first [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] appointment would be a black woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/biden-running-mate-cabinet.html|title=Opinion: Your Democratic 'Dream Team'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, he picked [[California]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Kamala Harris]] as his running mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-picks-kamala-harris-vice-president-running-mate/|title=Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, adding former 2020 rival to ticket|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref>

On November 3, 2020, [[FiveThirtyEight]]'s [[Statistics|statistical]] model projected that Biden had a 89% chance to defeat [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silver|first=Nate|date=2020-11-03|title=2020 Election Forecast|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=FiveThirtyEight|language=en}}</ref> He defeated Trump in the general election after officially being projected as the winner on November 7, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Steinhauser|first=Paul|date=November 7, 2020|title=Biden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House, Fox News projects|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-wins-presidency-trump-fox-news-projects|access-date=November 7, 2020|website=Fox News}}</ref> With more than 81 million votes, Biden received the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-popular-vote-record-barack-obama-us-presidential-election-donald-trump/ |title=Joe Biden breaks Obama's record for most votes ever cast for a U.S presidential candidate|first=Sophie |last=Lewis |work=CBS |date=November 7, 2020 }}</ref> However Trump did not call Biden the winner, refused to say he lost and tried to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the election results]].

==President of the United States==
===Transition===
[[File:First photo posted to POTUS Biden Administration IG.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Biden when he was the [[President-elect of the United States|U.S. President-elect]] in December 2020]]
Biden was elected the 46th [[President of the United States]] in November 2020, defeating the incumbent [[Donald Trump]], the first sitting president to lose re-election since [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]].

He became the second non-incumbent vice president to be elected president, and the first Democrat to do so.<ref name="Azari">{{Cite news |last=Azari |first=Julia |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Biden Had To Fight For The Presidential Nomination. But Most VPs Have To. |work=FiveThirtyEight |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-had-to-fight-for-the-presidential-nomination-but-most-vps-have-to/}}</ref> He is also expected to become the oldest president at the time of inauguration, as well as the first president from [[Delaware]].

At first, [[General Services Administration|General Services Administrator]] [[Emily W. Murphy]] did not want to acknowledge Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.<ref name=GSA/> On November 23, however, she formally recognized Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 election and authorized the start of a transition process to the Biden administration.<ref name=GSA>{{cite news|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|title=First on CNN: GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin|authors=Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Herb|date=2020-11-23|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123232709/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late December 2020, Biden received his first dose of the [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine]] in Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=Biden gets 2nd dose of vaccine as team readies COVID-19 plan|url=http://thehimalayantimes.com/world/biden-gets-2nd-dose-of-vaccine-as-team-readies-covid-19-plan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112062444/https://thehimalayantimes.com/world/biden-gets-2nd-dose-of-vaccine-as-team-readies-covid-19-plan/|archive-date=2021-01-12|access-date=2021-01-15|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US}}</ref> He returned for his second dose in early January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kalich|first=Sydney|date=2021-01-11|title=President-elect Biden receives final COVID-19 vaccine dose|url=https://www.wiproud.com/news/washington-dc/president-elect-biden-to-get-final-covid-19-vaccine-dose/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115080842/https://www.wiproud.com/news/washington-dc/president-elect-biden-to-get-final-covid-19-vaccine-dose/|archive-date=2021-01-15|access-date=2021-01-15|website=FOX2548 & WIProud|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|last2=Weiland|first2=Noah|date=2020-12-21|title=Biden receives the coronavirus vaccine.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/biden-coronavirus-vaccine.html|access-date=2021-01-15|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033749/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/biden-coronavirus-vaccine.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===First 100 days===
[[File:President Biden taking oath of office (cropped).png|thumb|right|180px|Biden taking the [[oath of office]] at his [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inauguration]] on January 20, 2021]]
[[File:Cabinet of President Joe Biden in 2021.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Biden's [[Cabinet of the United States|cabinet]] in April 2021]]
Biden was [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inaugurated]] shortly before noon on January 20, 2021 as the 46th [[president of the United States]].<ref name="hunnicutt">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|title=Taking helm of divided nation, U.S. President Biden calls for end to 'uncivil war'|date=January 20, 2021|author=Hunnicutt, Trevor; Zengerle, Patricia; Renshaw, Jarrett|work=Reuters|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120171341/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120145011/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856|url-status=live}}</ref> At 78, he is the oldest person to become president.<ref name="hunnicutt"/> He is the second [[Catholic]] president (after [[John F. Kennedy]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden to become the second Catholic president in U.S. history, after JFK|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/biden-to-become-the-second-catholic-president-in-u-s-history-after-jfk-99673157918|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119212606/https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/biden-to-become-the-second-catholic-president-in-u-s-history-after-jfk-99673157918|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first president whose home state is [[Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cormier|first1=Ryan|last2=Talorico|first2=Patricia|date=November 7, 2020|title=Delaware history is made: The First State gets its first president in Joe Biden|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/07/one-us-delaware-pride-soars-biden-makes-history/6121243002/|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=The News Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108021346/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/07/one-us-delaware-pride-soars-biden-makes-history/6121243002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his first two days as president, Biden signed 17 [[executive order (United States)|executive orders]], more than most recent presidents did in their first 100 days. Biden signed more executive orders than any other president since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had in their first month in office.<ref name="With 28 Executive Orders Signed, President Biden Is Off To A Record Start">{{cite web |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |date=February 3, 2021 |title=With 28 Executive Orders Signed, President Biden Is Off To A Record Start |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963380189/with-28-executive-orders-signed-president-biden-is-off-to-a-record-start |website=NPR |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> His first actions were rejoining the [[Paris Agreement|Paris Climate Agreement]], ending the state of national emergency at the [[Mexico–United States border|border]] with [[Mexico]], rejoining the [[World Health Organization]], a 100-day mandatory [[surgical mask|face mask]] requirements on [[Federal lands|federal property]] and acts to stop [[hunger]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden's first act: Orders on pandemic, climate, immigration|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-executive-orders-b5b409da08e42414b9a12e2c67ee2df6|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=Associated Press|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120230130/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-executive-orders-b5b409da08e42414b9a12e2c67ee2df6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Erikson|first=Bo|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-orders-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-20/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=CBS News|language=en-US|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120233631/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-orders-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-20/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/22/joe-biden-is-taking-executive-action-at-a-record-pace|title= Joe Biden is taking executive action at a record pace|newspaper= [[The Economist]]|date= 22 January 2021|access-date= 23 January 2021|archive-date= 24 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210124002448/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/22/joe-biden-is-taking-executive-action-at-a-record-pace|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/biden-executive-orders-hunger-workers-461270|title= Biden signs executive orders aimed at combating hunger, protecting workers|work= [[Politico]]|date = 22 January 2021|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> His presidency has been focused around his [[Build Back Better Plan]] agenda.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sigalos|first=MacKenzie|date=2020-11-10|title=Biden's economic recovery plan, called Build Back Better, would spend over $7.3 trillion and invest in green infrastructure, health care and more|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/president-elect-joe-bidens-plan-for-the-economy-jobs-and-covid-19-.html|access-date=2021-04-04|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref>

On February 4, 2021, he announced that the United States will stop giving weapons to [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] for use in the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doucet|first=Lyse|date=|title=Yemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55941588|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=}}</ref>

On March 11, 2021, the first anniversary of [[COVID-19]] being declared a global pandemic by the [[World Health Organization]], Biden signed into law the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021]], a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus relief package.<ref>[[U.S. Congress]], ''[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319 H.R. 1319]'', United States Congress, March 11, 2021</ref> The package included direct payments to most Americans, an extension of increased unemployment benefits, funds for vaccine distribution and school reopenings, support for small businesses and state and local governments, and expansions of health insurance subsidies and the child tax credit.<ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |last1=Luhby |first1=Tami |last2=Lobosco |first2=Katie |date=2021-01-14 |title=Here's what's in Biden's $1.9 trillion economic rescue package |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/biden-economic-rescue-package-coronavirus-stimulus/index.html |access-date=2021-01-16 |website=CNN}}</ref> Biden tried to raise the [[minimum wage]] to $15 an hour, but removed it from the stimulus package after criticism from both parties.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |last1=Tankersley |first1=Jim |last2=Crowley |first2=Michael |date=2021-01-14 |title=Here are the highlights of Biden's $1.9 trillion 'American Rescue Plan.' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/biden-american-rescue-plan.html |access-date=2021-01-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Thomas |title=What's in the Stimulus Bill? A Guide to Where the $1.9 Trillion Is Going |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill.html |website=The New York Times |date=March 7, 2021 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

In March 2021, when there was an increase in [[migrants]] coming to the United States from [[Mexico]], Biden told migrants: "Don't come over." He said that the U.S. was arranging a plan for migrants to "apply for asylum in place", without leaving their original locations. In the meantime, migrant adults "are being sent back", Biden said, in reference to the continuation of the Trump administration's Title 42 policy for quick deportations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden administration faces pressure on immigration amid influx |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/biden-administration-faces-pressure-on-immigration-amid-surge |access-date=March 20, 2021 |work=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> Biden earlier announced that his administration would not deport unaccompanied migrant children and told the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] to help take care of children separated at the border.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miroff |first1=Nick |title=Biden will deploy FEMA to care for teenagers and children crossing border in record numbers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fema-border-unaccompanied-minors/2021/03/13/738366a4-8455-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html |access-date=March 23, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>

On March 23, 2021, all of his [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] members were confirmed by the [[United States Senate]]. Biden is the first president since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981 to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |title=Biden first president in decades to have first-pick Cabinet secretaries confirmed |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/joe-biden-cabinet-confirmed/index.html |access-date=March 24, 2021 |work=CNN |date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> Two days later, Biden announced that he would run for re-election in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Subramanian|first=Michael Collins and Courtney|title=Joe Biden said he plans to run for reelection in 2024 and 'would fully expect' Kamala Harris to be running mate|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/25/joe-biden-said-he-plans-run-reelection-2024/7000827002/|access-date=2021-03-25|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Brian|date=2021-03-25|title=Joe Biden says he expects to run for reelection in 2024|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/2024-presidential-election-joe-biden-expects-to-run-for-reelection.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref>

===Rest of 2021===
[[File:President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary Antony Blinken, Secretary Lloyd Austin, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan about the ongoing efforts to safely drawdown the civilian footprint in Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Biden talks to [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Jake Sullivan]] about the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|Fall of Kabul]] and evacuation efforts, August 2021]]
[[File:P20211102AS-3753 (51845518077).jpg|thumb|right|180px|Biden at the [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP26 Summit]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], November 2021]]
On April 22–23, Biden held an international climate summit at which he announced that the US would cut its [[greenhouse gas]] [[emission]]s by 50%–52% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.<ref>{{cite web |title=New momentum reduces emissions gap, but huge gap remains - analysis |url=https://climateactiontracker.org/press/new-momentum-reduces-emissions-gap-but-huge-gap-remains-analysis/ |website=Carbon Action Tracker |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newburger |first1=Emma |title=Here's what countries pledged on climate change at Biden's global summit |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/biden-climate-summit-2021-what-brazil-japan-canada-others-pledged.html |access-date=29 April 2021 |agency=CNBC |date=22 April 2021}}</ref>

On April 28, 2021, Biden addressed the [[United States Congress]] in his [[State of the Union Address]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Solender|first=Andrew|date=April 14, 2021|title=Pelosi Invites Biden To Address Joint Session Of Congress On April 28|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/13/pelosi-invites-biden-to-address-joint-session-of-congress-on-april-28/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415095215/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/13/biden-accepts-pelosi-invitation-to-address-joint-session-of-congress-on-april-28/|archive-date=April 15, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> Presiding over this joint session was the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], and the [[Vice President of the United States]], [[Kamala Harris]] as [[Vice President of the United States#President of the United States Senate|President of the Senate]] ― the first time two women preside over an address to Congress.<ref name=":1"/>

On June 17, Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which officially declared [[Juneteenth]] a federal holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Most Federal Employees Will Receive Friday Off for Juneteenth|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2021/06/most-federal-employees-will-receive-friday-juneteenth/174796/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref> Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] was declared a holiday in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-juneteenth-holiday-bill-sign/|title=Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday|last1=Watson|first1=Kathryn|last2=Quinn|first2=Melissa|date=June 18, 2021|work=CBS News|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref>

In July 2021, when not many people were getting their [[COVID-19 vaccine]] and the spread of the [[SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant]], Biden said that the country has "a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaffe |first1=Alexandra |last2=Madhani |first2=Aamer |title=Biden says getting COVID-19 vaccine 'gigantically important' |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-06b4c8c4e0a1d595d94883b24c4ed020 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> He also criticized the increase of [[COVID-19 misinformation]] on social media, saying it was "killing people".<ref>{{cite news |title=Covid misinformation on Facebook is killing people - Biden |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57870778 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>

By early July 2021, most of the American troops in [[Afghanistan]] were leaving or had left. On August 15, during [[2021 Taliban offensive|an offensive]] by the [[Taliban]], the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|Afghan government collapsed]].<ref name="messy">{{cite news |title=Biden defends 'messy' US pullout from Afghanistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58238497 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=August 17, 2021}}</ref> Biden reacted by ordering 6,000 American troops to help the evacuation of American personnel and Afghan allies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Nidhi |title=Joe Biden Blamed Afghan Leaders For Giving Up As The Taliban Took Control |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/biden-afghanistan-speech-taliban-take-over |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=[[Buzzfeed News]] |date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> He has been criticized for the way he handled the withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edmondson |first1=Catie |title=Lawmakers Unite in Bipartisan Fury Over Afghanistan Withdrawal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-congress.html |access-date=August 18, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210816201146/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-congress.html |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> He defended his decision to withdraw, saying that Americans should not be "dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves", since the "Afghan military collapsed [against the Taliban], sometimes without trying to fight".<ref name="buck2">{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Aaron |title=Biden says the 'buck stops with me' — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/16/biden-says-buck-stops-with-me-while-pinning-blame-trump-lots-afghans/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>

In August 2021, the Biden administration pushed for an infrastructure bill that can reduce the [[greenhouse effect|greenhouse gas emissions]] of the United States by 45% by 2030. He would also support lowering taxes for people who invest in [[renewable energy]] and [[electric vehicle]]s and would add a fee on [[Methane|methane emissions]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nilsen |first1=Ella |title=Climate measures in reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden's emissions goals, Schumer says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/25/politics/reconciliation-climate-change-emissions-schumer-biden/index.html |access-date=3 September 2021 |agency=CNN |date=25 August 2021}}</ref> The Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Romm |first1=Tony |title=Senate approves bipartisan, $1 trillion infrastructure bill, bringing major Biden goal one step closer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/10/senate-infrastructure-bill-vote-biden/ |access-date=November 8, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pramuk |first1=Jacob |title=Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending key part of Biden's economic agenda to the House |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/senate-to-pass-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill.html |access-date=November 8, 2021 |work=[[CNBC]] |date=August 10, 2021}}</ref> while the House, also in a bipartisan manner, approved that bill in early November 2021, covering infrastructure related to transport, utilities, and broadband.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jalonick |first1=Mary Clare |title=Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-business-broadband-internet-congress-d89d6bb1b39cd9c67ae9fc91f5eb4c0d |access-date=November 8, 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 7, 2021}}</ref> Biden signed the bill into law in mid-November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boak |first1=Josh |last2=Long |first2=Colleen |title=Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-congress-infrastructure-bill-signing-b5b8cca843133de060778f049861b144 |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>

===2022===
[[File:President Biden at Camp David February 12 2022.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Biden at [[Camp David]] after speaking to [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] about [[Ukraine]], February 2022]]
In the start of 2022, Biden's approval ratings were low. He started speaking more in public.<ref>{{cite web |last1=CNN |first1=Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly |title=Biden is aiming to hit the road to reset his presidency. He starts with yet another stop in Pennsylvania. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/joe-biden-pittsburgh-trip/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> Early in the year, Biden supported ending the U.S. Senate [[filibuster]] rule to pass a voting rights act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/11/biden-endorses-filibuster-change-voting-rights/9165060002/|title='Let the majority prevail': Biden backs filibuster change to pass voting rights in Atlanta speech|first=Courtney|last=Subramanian|website=USA TODAY|accessdate=April 13, 2022}}</ref>

In January, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justice]] [[Stephen Breyer]] said he would retire from the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075781724/justice-stephen-breyer-supreme-court-retires |website=NPR.org |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Breyer's retirement gave Biden his first chance to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court. Biden had promised to nominate the court's first black female justice.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Andrew |last2=Hurley |first2=Lawrence |last3=Holland |first3=Steve |title=Biden vows to nominate Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court by end of February |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/retiring-us-justice-breyer-appear-with-biden-white-house-2022-01-27/ |website=Reuters |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en |date=28 January 2022}}</ref> On February 25, Biden nominated [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|D.C. Appeals Court Judge]] [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]] to replace Breyer. She was confirmed on April 7th.<ref name="announce">{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court |url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/25/politics/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson/index.html |access-date=February 25, 2022 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-07|title=Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice|url=https://apnews.com/article/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-confirmation-f39263cdbb0c59c8a20a48edf9b6786e|access-date=2022-04-21|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref>

On 24 February, [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] announced the [[Russia|Russian]] [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion]] of [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_ec5f24d5accb8f8503aabdc63e3fd22d|title=Russia attacks Ukraine|website=CNN|date=24 February 2022|access-date=24 February 2022|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224073725/https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_ec5f24d5accb8f8503aabdc63e3fd22d|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Biden announced [[economic sanctions]] on Russia and Putin.<ref>{{cite web|title=What to know about new U.S. sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine|date=23 February 2022|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-sanctions-ukraine-us-biden/|access-date=23 February 2022|website=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224034030/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-sanctions-ukraine-us-biden/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During 2022, President Biden had overseen a rise in [[gasoline]] prices and product goods because of rising [[inflation]], with some blaming Biden's American Rescue Plan as a reason.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The American Rescue Plan Shored Up Child Care, But a Long-Term Solution Is Necessary |url=https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-american-rescue-plan-shored-up-child-care-but-a-long-term-solution-is-necessary/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Center for American Progress |language=en}}</ref> In May 2022, there was a [[2022 United States infant formula shortage|nationwide shortage]] of [[infant formula]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swenson |first1=Kyle |last2=Portnoy |first2=Jenna |title=U.S. baby formula shortage leaves parents scrambling |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/11/formula-shortage-parents-inflation/ |access-date=17 May 2022 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=May 11, 2022}}</ref> During this time, there was an increase of use of "[[I Did That!]]" stickers, which showed Biden pointing to that phrase, as a form to criticize Biden for high gas prices.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwedel |first=Heather |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/joe-biden-i-did-that-gas-pump-stickers-prices.html |title=The People Behind the Joe Biden Sticker That Has Colonized America's Gas Pumps |work=[[Slate (magazine)]] |date=2022-03-11 |accessdate=2022-05-13 }}</ref>

In May 2022, two deadly [[mass shootings in the United States|mass shootings]] happened: one in a [[2022 Buffalo shooting|supermarket]] in [[Buffalo, New York]] which was [[Racism in the United States|racially]] [[hate crime|motivated]] and another in an [[Robb Elementary School shooting|elementary school]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/fifteen-dead-in-uvalde-texas-elementary-school-shooting|title=At Least 21 Dead in Uvalde, Texas Elementary School Shooting|publisher=[[Vanity Fair]]|date=May 24, 2022|accessdate=May 24, 2022}}</ref> While these mass shootings weren't the only ones that happened that month in the United States, the short time-frame it happened in garnered (got) attention and more people calling out gun violence.

Biden tested positive for [[COVID-19]] on July 21, 2022, after having mild symptoms such as [[fatigue]], dry coughs, and a [[nasal congestion|runny nose]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Biden Tests Positive for Covid, Has Mild Symptoms, White House Says | website=Bloomberg | date=2022-07-21 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-21/biden-is-positive-for-covid-has-mild-symptoms-white-house-says | access-date=2022-07-21}}</ref><ref name="NYTimesPositive">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/politics/biden-covid-positive.html |title=Biden, 79, is experiencing fatigue, a runny nose and a dry cough after testing positive. |date=July 21, 2022 |last=Shear |first=Michael |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 21, 2022}}</ref> Five days later, he left [[isolation (health care)|isolation]] after testing negative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Kevin |last2=Klein |first2=Betsy |last3=Sullivan |first3=Kate |date=27 July 2022 |title=Biden 'feeling great' and back to work in person after testing negative for Covid-19 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/joe-biden-negative-covid-test/index.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=CNN}}</ref> However, on July 30, he tested positive again and went back to isolation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CNN |first=Kevin Liptak |title=President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/politics/joe-biden-covid-19-positive/index.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=CNN}}</ref>

On August 1, 2022, Biden announced the death of [[Al-Qaeda]] Emir [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] in a U.S.-conducted [[airstrike]] that he approved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexrod |first=Tal |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Biden announces killing of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul: 'Justice has been delivered' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-announces-killing-al-qaeda-leader-kabul-justice/story?id=87768565 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

On September 2, 2022, in a nationally televised [[Battle for the Soul of the Nation speech|Philadelphia speech]], Biden said that Americans are in a "battle for the soul of the nation." He called active Trump supporters "semi-[[fascists]]," which Republican commentators criticized.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/biden-speech-philadelphia-democracy-watch-live-stream-today-2022-09-01/ | title=Biden delivers prime-time speech on the "battle for the soul of the nation" in Philadelphia | website=[[CBS News]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-biden-philadelphia-speech-20220902-zsfckr7n7jf4rbowcu6e2pre2i-story.html | title=Four takeaways from President Biden's speech in Philadelphia | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Naughtie |title=Jan 6 committee members back Biden remarks on Trump 'fascism' after rally guest defends neo-Nazi rioter: Joe Biden's warnings of creeping fascism on the pro-Trump right have fired up ex-president's followers and dissenters alike |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jan-6-trump-fascism-rally-lofgren-raskin-b2159938.html |work=Independent |date=September 5, 2022 }}</ref>

== Allegations of physical misconduct ==
{{main|Joe Biden sexual assault allegation}}
There have been many photographs of Biden hugging, kissing, and touching women and/or children in what commentators said to be inappropriate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/29/18241598/joe-biden-lucy-flores-touching-women-media-history-explained|title=Lucy Flores isn't alone. Joe Biden's got a long history of touching women inappropriately.|last=McGann|first=Laura|date=March 29, 2019|website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-2020-harvey-weinstein_n_5a0a0ba8e4b00a6eece3a13e|title=Joe Biden 2020 Is A Terrible Idea In A Post-Weinstein America|last=Terkel|first=Amanda|date=November 15, 2017|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3713264/joe-biden-stephanie-carter-shoulder-rub/|title=America Shouldn't Tolerate 'Biden Being Biden'|last=Markowitz|first=Karol|date=February 18, 2015|magazine=Time}}</ref> Biden has said that the behavior had got him in trouble in the past.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-joe-biden-kiss-lucy-flores-20190329-story.html|title=Nevada Democrat accuses Joe Biden of touching and kissing her without consent at 2014 event|last=Brice-Saddler|first=Michael|date=March 29, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In March 2019, former Nevada assemblywoman [[Lucy Flores]] said that Biden kissed her without consent at a 2014 campaign rally in Las Vegas. Flores wrote that Biden walked up behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed the back of her head.<ref name="O’Connor">{{cite news |last1=O’Connor |first1=Lydia |title=Ex-Nevada Assemblywoman Says Joe Biden Inappropriately Kissed Her |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-lucy-flores-kiss_n_5c9e8025e4b0474c08cea7aa |access-date=March 29, 2019 |work=Huff Post |date=March 29, 2019}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[HuffPost]]'', Flores stated she believed Biden's behavior should force him not to run in 2020.<ref name="Marans">{{cite news |last1=Marans |first1=Daniel |title=Lucy Flores Still Wants An Apology From Joe Biden |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lucy-flores-joe-biden-apology-2020-democrats_n_5ca256a9e4b09786986aaa0a |access-date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=HuffPost |date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> By early April 2019, a total of seven women had made such allegations regarding Biden.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amanda Arnold |title=All the Women Who Have Spoken Out Against Joe Biden |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/joe-biden-accuser-accusations-allegations.html |access-date=April 6, 2019 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=April 5, 2019 }}</ref>

In April 2019, former Biden staffer [[Tara Reade]] said that she had felt uncomfortable many times when Biden touched her on her shoulder and neck while working in his Senate office in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riquelmy |first1=Alan |title=Nevada County woman says Joe Biden inappropriately touched her while working in his U.S. Senate office |url=https://www.theunion.com/news/nevada-county-woman-says-joe-biden-inappropriately-touched-her-while-working-in-his-u-s-senate-office/ |access-date=April 14, 2020 |work=The Union |date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401210312/https://www.theunion.com/news/nevada-county-woman-says-joe-biden-inappropriately-touched-her-while-working-in-his-u-s-senate-office/ |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |quote="He used to put his hand on my shoulder and run his finger up my neck."}}</ref> In March 2020, Reade said Biden had pushed her against a wall and [[Sexual penetration|penetrated]] her while on [[Capitol Hill]] in 1993. Biden denied the allegations.

== Personal life ==
[[File:Joe and Jilly Biden early photo.jpg|thumb|right|180px|An early photo of Jill and Joe Biden]]
While in college, he married his first wife, Nelia Hunter. They had three children: two sons ([[Beau Biden|Beau]] and [[Hunter Biden|Robert]]) and a daughter (Naomi). After college, he became a [[lawyer]] and served on a County Council, a group of people who run a [[county]]. In 1972, Biden's family got into a car accident. Nelia and Naomi were killed, and Beau and Robert were hurt very badly.<ref name="lat-joe">{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-biden24-2008aug24,0,5581055,full.story | title=In his home state, Biden is a regular Joe | author=Levey, Noam M. | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=August 24, 2008 | access-date=September 7, 2008 | archive-date=September 28, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928145018/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-biden24-2008aug24,0,5581055,full.story | url-status=dead }}</ref> Both [[:wikt:survive|survived]] the accident. Beau was the Attorney General in Delaware until January 2015 and served as a [[soldier]] in [[Iraq]]. Beau died from [[brain cancer]] on May 30, 2015 in [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], [[Maryland]] at the age of 46.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/31/beau-biden-dies-of-brain-cancer|title=Beau Biden, son of US vice-president Joe Biden, dies of brain cancer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 31, 2015|access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref> Biden thought of [[resignation|resigning]] as vice president because of his son's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/joe-biden-considered-resining-after-beau-died-new-york-times-121023.html|title=Joe Biden Considered Resigning After Beau's Death|work=Politico|access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>

Biden married his second wife, [[Jill Biden|Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden]], in 1977.<ref name="nyt082508">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/us/politics/25wife.html | title=Jill Biden Heads Toward Life in the Spotlight | author=Seelye, Katharine Q. | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 24, 2008 | access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> She is a teacher and the former [[Second Lady of the United States]]. In 1981, they had a daughter, [[Ashley Biden|Ashley]], who is now a [[social worker]].<ref name="ap-timeline">{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/22/politics/p222636D16.DTL | title=Timeline of Biden's life and career | agency=Associated Press | date=August 23, 2008 | access-date=September 6, 2008 | archive-date=September 25, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925021142/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2008%2F08%2F22%2Fpolitics%2Fp222636D16.DTL | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="nydn122808">{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_from_a_blind_date_to_second_lady_jill_bi.html?page=0 | title=From a blind date to second lady, Jill Biden's coming into her own | author=Evans, Heidi | newspaper=Daily News | location=New York | date=December 28, 2008 | access-date=January 3, 2009 | archive-date=January 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122021045/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_from_a_blind_date_to_second_lady_jill_bi.html?page=0 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1988, Biden suffered from bleeding in his [[brain]] and needed brain [[surgery]] twice.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D91E38F930A15751C0A96E948260
|title= The Doctor's World; Subtle Clues Are Often The Only Warnings Of Perilous Aneurysms
|author=Altman, Lawrence, M.D. | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 23, 1998| access-date=August 23, 2008}}</ref> Because of what he saw in his family and neighborhood, Biden does not drink [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]].<ref name="nyt-father"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/riding-the-rails-with-amtrak-joe/ | title=Riding the Rails With Amtrak Joe | author=Leibovich, Mark | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 16, 2008 | access-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref>

Biden lives just outside of [[Wilmington, Delaware]] and often goes there on the weekends since becoming president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation-world/2021/03/13/for-biden-theres-no-place-like-a-weekend-home-in-delaware/|title=For Biden, there's no place like a weekend home in Delaware|publisher=Tampa Bay|accessdate=August 22, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2020|November|alt=By November 2020}}, the Bidens were worth $9 million, mainly because of Biden's book sales and speaking fees after his vice presidency.<ref>{{cite web|first=Gabrielle|last=Olya|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-president-joe-biden-worth-153007387.html|title=How Much Is President Joe Biden Worth?|publisher=[[Yahoo! Finance]]|date=March 11, 2021|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827112252/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-president-joe-biden-worth-153007387.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Gabrielle|last=Olya|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-much-is-joe-biden-worth/ar-BB1aiQdb|title=How Much Is President Joe Biden Worth?|publisher=[[MSN]]|date=April 18, 2021|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319145544/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-much-is-joe-biden-worth/ar-BB1aiQdb|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=January 7, 2020|access-date=August 25, 2021|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-net-worth-lifestyle-real-estate-family-wealth-assets-2020-1|title=President-elect Joe Biden just turned 78. Here's how he went from 'Middle-Class Joe' to millionaire.|first=Taylor|last=Borden|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319163402/https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-net-worth-lifestyle-real-estate-family-wealth-assets-2020-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Health===
In February 1988, Biden had surgery to help heal a brain [[aneurysm]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Altman |first=Lawrence K. |date=February 23, 1998 |title=The Doctor's World; Subtle Clues Are Often The Only Warnings Of Perilous Aneurysms |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/23/science/the-doctors-world-subtle-clues-are-often-the-only-warnings-of-perilous-aneurysms.html |access-date=August 23, 2008}}</ref><ref name="nyt-4cmed">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20health.html | title=Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees' Health |last=Altman|first=Lawrence K.| newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 19, 2008|access-date=October 26, 2008}}</ref> While recuperating, he had a [[pulmonary embolism]] and recovered a few months later.<ref name="nyt-4cmed" /> In November 2020, while playing with his two dogs [[Champ and Major]], he suffered a [[stress fracture]] in his [[foot]] and was hospitalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/politics/biden-twisted-ankle/index.html|title=Biden's doctor says he has hairline fractures in his foot after slipping while playing with his dog|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=November 30, 2020}}</ref> In July 2022, it was revealed that Biden had some "non-[[melanoma]] [[skin cancer]]s" removed before he became president.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/heres-why-president-biden-just-223143153.html Here's Why President Biden Just Said He's Been Affected by Cancer]</ref> That same month, he was diagnosed with [[COVID-19]].<ref name="NYTimesPositive"/>

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Joe Biden in Kosovo.JPG|thumb|right|Vice President Biden visiting [[Kosovo]], May 2009]]
Biden has received [[honorary degree]]s from
the University of Scranton (1976),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://matrix.scranton.edu/about/ab_degree_recipients.shtml | title=Honorary Degree Recipients | publisher=University of Scranton | year=2008 | access-date=November 26, 2008 | archive-date=July 20, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720153525/http://matrix.scranton.edu/about/ab_degree_recipients.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Saint Joseph's University (1981),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sju.edu/ir/documents/HonDegreeRecip_IR2008.pdf | title=Honorary Degree Recipients | publisher=Saint Joseph's University | access-date=August 19, 2008 | archive-date=September 4, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904003527/http://www.sju.edu/ir/documents/HonDegreeRecip_IR2008.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Widener University School of Law (2000),<ref name="wid-veep-elect">{{cite web |url= http://law.widener.edu/NewsandEvents/Articles/2008/de110508bidenvpelect.aspx |title= Senator Biden becomes Vice President-elect |publisher= Widener University School of Law |date= Nov 6, 2008 |access-date= Nov 26, 2008 |archive-date= January 5, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090105150946/http://law.widener.edu/NewsandEvents/Articles/2008/de110508bidenvpelect.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>
Emerson College (2003),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/index.cfm?action=3&articleID=782&editionID=52 |title= Senator Biden to Address 123rd Commencement Rites On May 19 |publisher= Emerson College |date= May 2003 |access-date= November 26, 2008 |archive-date= September 18, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060918144250/http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/index.cfm?action=3&articleID=782&editionID=52 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
his alma mater the [[University of Delaware]] (2004),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2004/biden052904.html |title= Honorary Degree Citation for Joseph R. Biden Jr. |publisher=[[University of Delaware]] |date=May 29, 2004 |access-date= November 6, 2008}}</ref>
Suffolk University Law School (2005),<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/23/commencements_boston_globe/ |title=Commencements |work= Boston Globe |date=May 23, 2005 |access-date= Nov 26, 2008}}</ref> and his other alma mater [[Syracuse University]] (2009).<ref name=AP1/>

Biden got the Chancellor Medal from his alma mater, [[Syracuse University]], in 1980.<ref name="nd051009">{{cite news | url=http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-biden-commencement,0,5937836.story | title=Biden tells Syracuse University graduates they have special opportunity to help shape history | author=Kates, William | newspaper=Newsday | date=May 10, 2009 | access-date=May 11, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2005, he got the George Arents Pioneer Medal—Syracuse's highest alumni award<ref name="nd051009"/>—"for excellence in public [[wikt:affairs|affairs]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=2601 | title=Five SU alumni to be honored with Arents Awards | publisher=[[Syracuse University]] | date=May 25, 2005 | access-date=November 26, 2008 | archive-date=September 7, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907182627/http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=2601 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, Biden got the Best of Congress Award, for "improving the American quality of life through family-friendly work policies," from ''Working Mother'' magazine.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=dca94360-b4ac-4bed-a41e-b7c27f42b4a1 | title=Biden Honored for Making a Difference for Working Families | publisher=[[U.S. Senate]] | date=August 12, 2008 | access-date=November 26, 2008 | archivedate=November 25, 2008 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125111957/http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=DCA94360-B4AC-4BED-A41E-B7C27F42B4A1 }}</ref>
Also in 2008, Biden shared with fellow Senator [[Richard Lugar]] the Hilal-i-Pakistan award from the [[Government of Pakistan]], "in recognition of their consistent support for Pakistan."<ref name=Reuters1/> In 2009, Biden got The Golden Medal of Freedom award from [[Kosovo]], that region's highest award, for his vocal support for their independence in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jtMFK8wLcamElXQlmEBh0CEBE9dQ |title= Biden ends Balkans tour, heads to Lebanon |agency= [[Agence France-Presse]] |date= May 22, 2009 |access-date= May 23, 2009 |archive-date= May 25, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120525035803/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jtMFK8wLcamElXQlmEBh0CEBE9dQ |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Biden is an member of the Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dvfassn.com/awards.cfm?id=2 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association |access-date= September 16, 2008}}</ref>

In 2017, during his final days as president, Barack Obama awarded Biden the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with distinction.<ref name=mof>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509545778/in-surprise-send-off-president-obama-awards-biden-presidential-medal-of-freedom|title=In A Surprise Send-Off, Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom|website=NPR |date=January 12, 2017 |publisher=NPR|accessdate=August 25, 2021|last1=Taylor |first1=Jessica }}</ref>

In 2020, Biden and his Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] were named [[Time Person of the Year]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Alter |first1=Charlotte |title=2020 Person of the Year - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris |url=https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2020-joe-biden-kamala-harris |access-date=December 11, 2020 |magazine=Time |date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>

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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| partof = The [[War on terror|Global War on Terrorism]] and the spillover of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]
|image = [[File:NWFP FATA.svg|300px]]
| caption = [[Naval Intelligence of Pakistan|Intelligence map]]: Navy intelligence maps shows the districts of the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]] in blue and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] in green.
| date = 16 March 2004{{spaced ndash}}present ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=16|year1=2004}})
| place = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province (including the former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]), Pakistan
| status = [[List of ongoing military conflicts|Ongoing]]
* Low-level insurgency<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09592318.2016.1266128 | volume=28 | title=Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan: The Role of Legitimacy | year=2017 | journal=Small Wars & Insurgencies | pages=166–190 | last1 = Lieven | first1 = Anatol| s2cid=151355749 }}</ref>
* Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to [[Afghanistan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-drone-kills-afghan-based-pakistani-taliban-commander/4467419.html|title=US Drone Kills Afghan-Based Pakistani Taliban Commander|date=4 July 2018|work=Voice of America (VOA)}}</ref>
* Heavy insurgent losses and substantial reduction in insurgent activity<ref name="SATPversion2">{{cite web|url=https://satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/pakistan-khyberpakhtunkhwa|title=Database – KPK from 2005 to present|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="SATPversion2.0">{{cite web|url=https://satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/pakistan-fata|title=Database – FATA from 2005 to present|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
* Tribal areas merged into Pakistan, [[Frontier Crimes Regulation|tribal law]] abolished and [[Constitution of Pakistan|writ of constitution]] established as of 2018<ref name="nation.com.pk">{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/31-May-2018/president-signs-constitutional-amendment-to-merge-fata-with-kp|title=President signs 'Constitutional Amendment' to merge FATA with KP|date=31 May 2018|website=nation.com.pk|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531150929/https://nation.com.pk/31-May-2018/president-signs-constitutional-amendment-to-merge-fata-with-kp|archive-date=31 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Reduction of [[Drone strikes in Pakistan|drone strikes]] conducted by the United States in Pakistan
* [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]], Tehreek-e-Khilafat, [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]], and the [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] join [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]]<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL" /><ref name="ISIL gains supporters">{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/isis-now-has-military-allies-in-11-countries.html|title=ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries – NYMag|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130641/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/isis-now-has-military-allies-in-11-countries.html|archive-date=26 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="IMU joins ISIL">{{cite news|url=http://www.khaama.com/uzbek-militants-in-afghanistan-pledge-allegiance-to-isis-in-beheading-video-9962|title=Uzbek militants in Afghanistan pledge allegiance to ISIS in beheading video|newspaper=The Khaama Press News Agency|date=31 March 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713102036/http://www.khaama.com/uzbek-militants-in-afghanistan-pledge-allegiance-to-isis-in-beheading-video-9962|archive-date=13 July 2015|url-status=live|last1=Says|first1=Battu}}</ref>
* Jamaat-ul-Ahrar rejoins the TTP<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-alliance-idUSKBN0M81WF20150312 |title=Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation {{!}} Reuters |newspaper=Reuters |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819151001/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-alliance-idUSKBN0M81WF20150312 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Mehsud |first1=Katharine Houreld }}</ref>
| combatant1 = '''{{flag|Pakistan}}''' {{flag|United States}} (see [[list of drone strikes in Pakistan|drone strikes in Pakistan]])
| combatant2 = '''Taliban-aligned groups'''
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[al-Qaeda]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.svg}} [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]]
* [[Lashkar-e-Islam]]
* [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]]
* [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]
* [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]]{{refn|group=note|Until 2020, when it re-merged into the TTP.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>}}
* {{flagicon image|Tnsm-flag.svg}} [[Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party.svg}} [[Turkistan Islamic Party]]
{{flagdeco|ISIL}} '''ISIL-aligned groups'''
* [[Khorasan Province (Militant Group)|Khorasan Province]]
** [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]]<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL">{{cite news|title=Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-is-idUSKCN0J20YQ20141118|work=[[Reuters]]|date=18 November 2014|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119133153/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-pakistan-militants-is-idUSKCN0J20YQ20141118|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]<ref name="IMU joins ISIL" />
** [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]]<ref name="ReferenceB" />
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pervez Musharraf]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Ashfaq Kayani]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Asif Ali Zardari]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Nawaz Sharif]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Mamnoon Hussain]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Arif Alvi]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Raheel Sharif]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Imran Khan]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Masood Aslam]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Tariq Khan (general)|Tariq Khan]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Rao Qamar Suleman]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Tahir Rafique Butt]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Sanaullah Niazi{{KIA}}
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Noor Wali Mehsud]] {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Maulana Fazlullah]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Khan Said|Khan Said 'Sajna']]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Adnan Rashid]] {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Mangal Bagh]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Hakimullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Abdullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Baitullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Maulvi Nazir]]{{KIA}} [[Faqir Mohammed]]{{POW}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2013/02/18/former-pakistani-taliban-no-2-arrested-in-afghanistan-reports/ |title=Former Pakistani Taliban No 2 arrested in Afghanistan: Reports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219180624/http://dawn.com/2013/02/18/former-pakistani-taliban-no-2-arrested-in-afghanistan-reports/ |archive-date=19 February 2013 }}</ref> [[Nek Muhammad Wazir]]{{KIA}} [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]{{KIA}} [[Sufi Muhammad]] {{POW}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/43000/taliban-leader-killed-in-firefight-with-police/|title=Taliban leader killed in firefight with police|publisher=[[Express Tribune]]|date=26 August 2010|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030005257/http://tribune.com.pk/story/43000/taliban-leader-killed-in-firefight-with-police/|archive-date=30 October 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} '''al-Qaeda''' [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]{{KIA}} [[Osama bin Laden]]{{KIA}} [[Ilyas Kashmiri]]{{KIA}} [[Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim]]{{KIA}} [[Atiyah Abd al-Rahman]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Laith al-Libi]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Yahya al-Libi]]{{KIA}} [[Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti]]{{KIA}} [[Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam]]{{KIA}} [[Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan]]{{KIA}} [[Sheikh Fateh]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11429016 | work=BBC News | title=US missile strike 'kills al-Qaeda chief' in Pakistan | date=28 September 2010 | access-date=21 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223122308/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11429016 | archive-date=23 December 2018 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Pakisani army kills al-Qaeda leader who grew up in the US">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/06/world/asia/pakistan-al-qaeda-death/index.html?iref=allsearch|title=Pakistan kills al Qaeda leader on FBI most wanted list|author=Sophia Saifi, Ben Brumfield and Susan Candiotti|date=6 December 2014|work=CNN|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726011009/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/06/world/asia/pakistan-al-qaeda-death/index.html?iref=allsearch|archive-date=26 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''ISIL''' [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]{{KIA}} [[Hafiz Saeed Khan]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-happened-to-isiss-afghanistan-pakistan-province/|title=What Happened to ISIS's Afghanistan-Pakistan Province?|author1=Arif Rafiq|work=The Diplomat|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091129/https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-happened-to-isiss-afghanistan-pakistan-province/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost]] (2014–2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=Released Gitmo detainee joins ISISNov. 19, 2014 – 2:30 – Former Taliban commander named chief of ISIS in Khorasa|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/3899320881001/released-gitmo-detainee-joins-isis/?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips|website=fox news|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128061106/http://video.foxnews.com/v/3899320881001/released-gitmo-detainee-joins-isis/?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Local support for dreaded Islamic State growing in Pakistan: Report|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Local-support-for-dreaded-Islamic-State-growing-in-Pakistan-Report/articleshow/45149421.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117155359/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Local-support-for-dreaded-Islamic-State-growing-in-Pakistan-Report/articleshow/45149421.cms|archive-date=17 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Usman Ghazi]]{{KIA}}<ref name="IMU joins ISIL" /><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|title=IMU announces death of emir, names new leader|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/imu_announces_death_1.php|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=4 August 2014|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604163346/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/imu_announces_death_1.php|archive-date=4 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''IMU Group''' [[Usman Ghazi]]{{KIA}} [[Tohir Yo'ldosh|Tohir Yuldashev]]{{KIA}} [[Najmiddin Jalolov]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Usman Adil]]{{KIA}} [[Mirzazhanov Atoyevich]]{{WIA}}
| strength1 = '''Pakistan''' 200,000 Pakistani troops<ref>{{cite news|last1=Khalid|first1=M Saeed|title=The on-off partnership|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228894-The-on-off-partnership|access-date=20 September 2017|work=[[The News International]]|date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919222801/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228894-The-on-off-partnership|archive-date=19 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-gates23-2010jan23,0,6998676.story |title=Pentagon chief defends arms sales to India, Pakistan |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 January 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011 |first=Julian E. |last=Barnes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126081338/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-gates23-2010jan23,0,6998676.story |archive-date=26 January 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Unknown no. of air squadrons of Navy and [[Pakistan Air Force]] fighter jets, including [[JF-17 Thunder|JF-17]] and [[F-16]] jets<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armscontrol.org/print/2096 |title=Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Cleared for U.S. Arms Buys |publisher=Armscontrol.org |date=11 September 2001 |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406204918/http://www.armscontrol.org/print/2096 |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref> ~10,000 [[Frontier Corps]]
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'''United States''' [[UAV]] drones [[Special Activities Division|CIA operatives]] [[United States special operations forces|U.S. Special Forces]]<ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-military-die-pakistan-bombing/story?id=9734681 |title=American Dead in Pakistan Bombing Were Special Forces – ABC News |publisher=ABC |location=USA |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125222812/https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-military-die-pakistan-bombing/story?id=9734681 |archive-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| strength2 = ~25,000 [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|TTP]] militia<ref name="BBC-25 April 2014">{{cite news|last1=Bennett-Jones|first1=Owen|title=Pakistan army eyes Taliban talks with unease|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27133865|access-date=4 July 2014|work=BBC News|date=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704104228/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27133865|archive-date=4 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ~2,000 [[Lashkar-e-Islam]] militia<ref>
{{cite news |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Mangal-Bagh-Profile.pdf |title=A Profile of Mangal Bagh |publisher=TheLongWarJournal |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124030504/http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Mangal-Bagh-Profile.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 |url-status=live}}
</ref> ~1,000 [[Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi|TNSM]] militia<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pak-taliban-claims-to-be-using-afghan-soil/20120626.htm |title=Pak Taliban claims to be using Afghan soil |publisher=Rediff News |date=26 June 2012 |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224020801/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pak-taliban-claims-to-be-using-afghan-soil/20120626.htm |archive-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
300–3,000 [[al-Qaeda]] militants<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |title=Al-Qaeda map: Isis, Boko Haram and other affiliates' strongholds across Africa and Asia |date=12 June 2014 |access-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829124058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |archive-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''{{flag|ISIL}}'''
* Jundallah: 12,000–20,000 (disputed)<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL" />
* IMU: 500{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}–1,000<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061213131934/http://www.mipt.org/pdf/TerroristOrganizationReferenceGuide.pdf Terrorist Organizations Reference Guide]</ref>
| casualties1 = '''Pakistan''': 4,631 [[Pakistan Armed Forces|soldiers]] and [[Law enforcement in Pakistan|LEAs]] killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 8,214 killed soldiers and LEAs and 14,583 wounded (per the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|Watson Institute]]; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW">{{cite web|last1=Crawford|first1=Neta C.|title=Update on the Human Costs of War for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001 to mid-2016|url=http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf|website=[[Brown University]]|publisher=[[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs]]|access-date=20 September 2017|quote=The war in Pakistan, which began as Al Qaeda and the Taliban fled from Afghanistan into the northwest region of Pakistan in 2001, has caused almost 62,000 deaths and an additional 67,000 injuries.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908000946/http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''United States''': 15 soldiers killed (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icasualties.org/oef/ |title=U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan |publisher=iCasualties |date=9 September 2005 |access-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406083558/http://icasualties.org/oef/ |archive-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
| casualties2 = [[List of Taliban fatality reports in Pakistan|29,398 militants]] killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 31,000 killed (per the Watson Institute; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/>
| casualties3 = 9,394 civilians and 1,946 unidentified killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 22,100 civilians killed (per the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|Watson Institute]]; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/> 45,369 killed overall (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 61,549 killed overall (per the Watson Institute; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/> 41,819 killed overall all over Pakistan (Uppsala Conflict Data Program; 1989–2019)<ref name="ucdp.uu.se">{{cite web|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/#country/770|title=Database – Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
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Over 3.44 million civilians displaced (2009)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html |title=Red Cross 'gravely concerned' about conditions in Swat Valley |publisher=CNN |date=31 May 2009 |access-date=26 March 2011 |quote=Pakistan's Swat Valley, where a month long offensive against the Taliban has displaced more than 2 million civilians. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211024/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Over 6 million civilians displaced (2003–2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-as-death-toll-rises-pashtun-lawmaker-calls-for-waziristan-protest/29965861.html|title=In source: "A majority of the more than 70,000-plus civilians killed in this violence were Pashtuns, while more than 6 million members of the ethnic group have endured displacement since the onset of conflict in 2003."|publisher=Gandhara|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>|<nowiki>Tariq Khan]] </nowiki>(2008–10) [[Nadir Zeb]] (2010–12) '''[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Air Chief]]''' [[Tahir Rafique Butt]] (2012–present) [[Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed|Tavier Ahmad]] (2006–09) [[Rao Qamar Suleman|Rao Suleman]] (2009–12) '''[[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Naval Chief]]''' [[Muhammad ZakaUllah]] (2014–present) [[Afzal Tahir]] (2005–08) [[Noman Bashir]]<ref name="The New York Times, ROBERT MACKEY">{{cite news|last=ROBERT MACKEY|title=Before Attack, Pakistan's Navy Boasted of Role in Fight Against Taliban|url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/|access-date=13 November 2012|newspaper=The New York Times, ROBERT MACKEY|date=23 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617162912/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2008–11)
| notes =
}}The '''insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa''', also known as the '''War in North-West Pakistan''' or '''Pakistan's war on terror''', is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime. Formerly a war, it is now a low-level insurgency as of 2017.

The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's Hunt for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) soared and escalated into armed Resistance in the form of a organization.<ref name="globalbearings1">[http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/video-series-pt-1-from-osama-to-obama.html "Pakistan Primer Pt. 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929025157/http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/video-series-pt-1-from-osama-to-obama.html|date=29 September 2015}} The Rise of the Pakistani Taliban, ''Global Bearings'', 27 October 2011.</ref> Pakistan's actions were presented as its contribution to the U.S. War on terror.<ref>{{cite news|title=Killing scares media away from Waziristan|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0622/p07s02-wosc.html|work=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|date=22 June 2006|author=David Montero|access-date=25 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618224919/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0622/p07s02-wosc.html|archive-date=18 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Clashes further erupted between unified Pakistan Armed Forces and the Central Asian militant groups,<ref name="United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism2">{{cite web|last=U.S. Government|title=Central Eurasian and Central Asian Terrorism|url=http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|work=United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223029/http://nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> allied with the Arab fighters, in 2008–2010.<ref name="United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism3">{{cite web|last=U.S. Government|title=Central Eurasian and Central Asian Terrorism|url=http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|work=United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223029/http://nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Pakistan Strategic Think Tanks">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Clifford|title=Terrorism from Central Asian Republics|url=http://pakistanthinktank.org/category/indian-terrorism-from-central-asian-republics|publisher=Pakistan Strategic Think Tanks|access-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514035149/http://pakistanthinktank.org/category/indian-terrorism-from-central-asian-republics|archive-date=14 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The foreign militants were joined by Pakistani non-military veterans of the Afghan War to the west, which subsequently established the TTP and other militant umbrella organisations, such as Lashkar-e-Islam.

The war depleted the country's manpower resources, and the outcomes outlined a deep effect on its national economy, since Pakistan had joined the American-led War on Terror.<ref name="The Washington Times, 2013">{{cite news|last=Shaun Waterman|title=Heavy price: Pakistan says war on terror has cost nearly 50,000 lives there since 9/11|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/27/heavy-price-pakistan-says-war-terror-has-cost-near/|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=27 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601224950/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/27/heavy-price-pakistan-says-war-terror-has-cost-near/|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, according to Ministry of Finance (MoF) statistics and mathematical data survey collections, the economy has suffered direct and indirect losses as high as $126.79 billion since 2001 because of Pakistan's role as a "frontline state". According to the MoF-issued Pakistan Economic Survey 2010–2011, "Pakistan has never witnessed such a Catastrophic social and economic upheaval in its industry, even after dismemberment of the country by a direct war with India in 1971."<ref name="Dawn News, Economic Survey">{{cite news|last=From the Newspapers|title=War on terror cost Pakistan $67.9 billion|url=http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=Dawn News, Economic Survey|date=20 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524132025/http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/|archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

After the Pakistani military launched a Extensive offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in 2014, its leaders escaped to Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shah|first1=Aqil|title=What Will Happen to Afghanistan and Pakistan's Uneasy Border?|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/13/what-will-happen-to-afghanistan-and-pakistan-s-uneasy-border-pub-85152|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}</ref> By 2014, the casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40% as compared to 2011–2013, with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,<ref name="Foreign Policy, 2014">{{cite news|title=A Small Measure of Progress|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/|first=Julia|last=Thompson|date=22 December 2014|newspaper=[[Foreign Policy]]|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412035056/http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/|archive-date=12 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> despite a large massacre of schoolchildren by TTP terrorists in the province in December 2014. The reduction in hostilities eventually changed the conflict from a war to a relatively low-level conflict.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jadoon|first1=Amira|title=The Evolution and Potential Resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|url=https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/sr_494-the_evolution_and_potential_resurgence_of_the_tehrik_i_taliban_pakistan.pdf|website=United States Institute of Peace|date=May 2021}}</ref>

After negotiations, the Tehreek-e-Taliban and the government announced a ceasefire in June 2022. However, on November 2022, the Tehreek-e-Taliban repudiated the ceasefire and called for nationwide terrorist attacks against Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-11-28|title=TTP calls off ceasefire, orders terrorist attacks across Pakistan|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2388616/ttp-calls-off-ceasefire-orders-terrorist-attacks-across-pakistan|access-date=2022-11-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

= Names and Title"s for the war =
Various names have been applied to the conflict by the authors and historians. Names used in English include: Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, War in North-West Pakistan, Waziristan War, or the Pakistan's war on terror. On the other hand, political scientist, [[Farrukh Saleem]], termed the war as the "Fourth Generation War" or the "4G War".<ref name="The News International Sunday, 29 April 2012">{{cite news|last=Farrukh Salim|title=4G War|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-105618-4G-War|access-date=7 June 2013|newspaper=The News International Sunday, 20 April 2002|date=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715184736/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-105618-4G-War|archive-date=15 July 2012}}</ref>

= Background =
At the request of the Pakistani government, the Pakistan Army started an official troop deployment in the wake of the Battle of Tora Bora, also known as the Black Caves, in 2002.The Pakistan Muslim League,<ref name="Dawn News archives, 2002">{{cite news|last=Correspondents|title=Govt warned against US operation in Fata|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2002/05/06/nat1.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701080848/http://archives.dawn.com/2002/05/06/nat1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn News archives, 2002|date=6 May 2002}}</ref> one of the conservative parties, was particularly critical of the troop deployments in the area. For the first time since Pakistan gained independence in 1947,<ref name="Dawn News, May 2002">{{cite news|last=Our Correspondent|title=Tribesmen allow army to enter Shawal|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701080941/http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn News, May 2002|date=6 June 2002}}</ref> the XI Corps, led by Lieutenant-General Jan Aurkzai, entered the Tirah Valley in the Khyber Agency. Afterwards, the army forces advanced into North Waziristan's Shawal Valley before reaching South Waziristan.<ref name="Dawn News, May 20022">{{cite news|last=Our Correspondent|title=Tribesmen allow army to enter Shawal|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701080941/http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn News, May 2002|date=6 June 2002}}</ref> The Special Service Group [Navy] constructed a surveillance reconnaissance facility in 2003.<ref name="Dawn News, May 20023">{{cite news|last=Our Correspondent|title=Tribesmen allow army to enter Shawal|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701080941/http://archives.dawn.com/2002/06/06/nat2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn News, May 2002|date=6 June 2002}}</ref> A sizable communist party in Peshawar began criticizing Musharraf and the US in 2003 and called for a halt to the operations.<ref name="Dawn 2003, 10 August,">{{cite news|last=Bureau Chief|title=Occupation of sovereign states by US flayed|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/08/10/nat7.htm|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn 2003, 10 August|date=10 August 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145856/http://archives.dawn.com/2003/08/10/nat7.htm|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

As the Tribes started to perceive the military's deployment and the PAF's frequent flights over the area as an act of subjugation,<ref name="Dawn, 10 20032">{{cite news|last=By Our Staff Reporter|title=Wana operation condemned|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/10/06/nat5.htm|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn, 10 2003|date=6 October 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021150348/http://archives.dawn.com/2003/10/06/nat5.htm|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> the problems grew in 2003. In public remarks from 2003–2004, Musharraf defended army deployments<ref name="Dawn archives, 2003">{{cite news|last=Our Reporter|title=Occupation of sovereign states by US flayed|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/08/10/nat7.htm|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=Dawn archives, 2003|date=10 August 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145856/http://archives.dawn.com/2003/08/10/nat7.htm|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> in the area in spite of reservations and urged for the removal of foreign fighters from South Waziristan on multiple occasions. South Waziristan was linked to at least two attempts on President Pervez Musharraf's life in December 2003. In response, the government increased military pressure in the region. But the battle was expensive: between 2004 and the beginning of 2005, the government suffered significant deaths in the military, leading it to abandon direct combat in favor of diplomatic measures.<ref name="rohde">{{cite news|title=Al Qaeda Finds Its Center of Gravity|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/weekinreview/10rohde.html|first=David|last=Rohde|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=10 September 2006|access-date=12 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113061838/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/weekinreview/10rohde.html|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| partof = The [[War on terror|Global War on Terrorism]] and the spillover of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]
|image = [[File:NWFP FATA.svg|300px]]
| caption = [[Naval Intelligence of Pakistan|Intelligence map]]: Navy intelligence maps shows the districts of the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]] in blue and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] in green.
| date = 16 March 2004{{spaced ndash}}present ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=16|year1=2004}})
| place = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province (including the former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]), Pakistan
| status = [[List of ongoing military conflicts|Ongoing]]
* Low-level insurgency<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09592318.2016.1266128 | volume=28 | title=Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan: The Role of Legitimacy | year=2017 | journal=Small Wars & Insurgencies | pages=166–190 | last1 = Lieven | first1 = Anatol| s2cid=151355749 }}</ref>
* Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to [[Afghanistan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-drone-kills-afghan-based-pakistani-taliban-commander/4467419.html|title=US Drone Kills Afghan-Based Pakistani Taliban Commander|date=4 July 2018|work=Voice of America (VOA)}}</ref>
* Heavy insurgent losses and substantial reduction in insurgent activity<ref name="SATPversion2">{{cite web|url=https://satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/pakistan-khyberpakhtunkhwa|title=Database – KPK from 2005 to present|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="SATPversion2.0">{{cite web|url=https://satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/pakistan-fata|title=Database – FATA from 2005 to present|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
* Tribal areas merged into Pakistan, [[Frontier Crimes Regulation|tribal law]] abolished and [[Constitution of Pakistan|writ of constitution]] established as of 2018<ref name="nation.com.pk">{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/31-May-2018/president-signs-constitutional-amendment-to-merge-fata-with-kp|title=President signs 'Constitutional Amendment' to merge FATA with KP|date=31 May 2018|website=nation.com.pk|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531150929/https://nation.com.pk/31-May-2018/president-signs-constitutional-amendment-to-merge-fata-with-kp|archive-date=31 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Reduction of [[Drone strikes in Pakistan|drone strikes]] conducted by the United States in Pakistan
* [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]], Tehreek-e-Khilafat, [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]], and the [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] join [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]]<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL" /><ref name="ISIL gains supporters">{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/isis-now-has-military-allies-in-11-countries.html|title=ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries – NYMag|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130641/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/isis-now-has-military-allies-in-11-countries.html|archive-date=26 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="IMU joins ISIL">{{cite news|url=http://www.khaama.com/uzbek-militants-in-afghanistan-pledge-allegiance-to-isis-in-beheading-video-9962|title=Uzbek militants in Afghanistan pledge allegiance to ISIS in beheading video|newspaper=The Khaama Press News Agency|date=31 March 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713102036/http://www.khaama.com/uzbek-militants-in-afghanistan-pledge-allegiance-to-isis-in-beheading-video-9962|archive-date=13 July 2015|url-status=live|last1=Says|first1=Battu}}</ref>
* Jamaat-ul-Ahrar rejoins the TTP<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-alliance-idUSKBN0M81WF20150312 |title=Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation {{!}} Reuters |newspaper=Reuters |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819151001/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-alliance-idUSKBN0M81WF20150312 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Mehsud |first1=Katharine Houreld }}</ref>
| combatant1 = '''{{flag|Pakistan}}''' {{flag|United States}} (see [[list of drone strikes in Pakistan|drone strikes in Pakistan]])
| combatant2 = '''Taliban-aligned groups'''
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[al-Qaeda]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.svg}} [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]]
* [[Lashkar-e-Islam]]
* [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]]
* [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]
* [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]]{{refn|group=note|Until 2020, when it re-merged into the TTP.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>}}
* {{flagicon image|Tnsm-flag.svg}} [[Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party.svg}} [[Turkistan Islamic Party]]
{{flagdeco|ISIL}} '''ISIL-aligned groups'''
* [[Khorasan Province (Militant Group)|Khorasan Province]]
** [[Jundallah (Pakistan)|Jundallah]]<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL">{{cite news|title=Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-is-idUSKCN0J20YQ20141118|work=[[Reuters]]|date=18 November 2014|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119133153/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-pakistan-militants-is-idUSKCN0J20YQ20141118|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]<ref name="IMU joins ISIL" />
** [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]]<ref name="ReferenceB" />
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pervez Musharraf]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Ashfaq Kayani]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Asif Ali Zardari]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Nawaz Sharif]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Mamnoon Hussain]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Arif Alvi]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Raheel Sharif]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Imran Khan]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Masood Aslam]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Tariq Khan (general)|Tariq Khan]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Rao Qamar Suleman]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Tahir Rafique Butt]] {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Sanaullah Niazi{{KIA}}
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Noor Wali Mehsud]] {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Maulana Fazlullah]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Khan Said|Khan Said 'Sajna']]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Adnan Rashid]] {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Mangal Bagh]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Hakimullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Abdullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Baitullah Mehsud]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} [[Maulvi Nazir]]{{KIA}} [[Faqir Mohammed]]{{POW}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2013/02/18/former-pakistani-taliban-no-2-arrested-in-afghanistan-reports/ |title=Former Pakistani Taliban No 2 arrested in Afghanistan: Reports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219180624/http://dawn.com/2013/02/18/former-pakistani-taliban-no-2-arrested-in-afghanistan-reports/ |archive-date=19 February 2013 }}</ref> [[Nek Muhammad Wazir]]{{KIA}} [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]{{KIA}} [[Sufi Muhammad]] {{POW}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/43000/taliban-leader-killed-in-firefight-with-police/|title=Taliban leader killed in firefight with police|publisher=[[Express Tribune]]|date=26 August 2010|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030005257/http://tribune.com.pk/story/43000/taliban-leader-killed-in-firefight-with-police/|archive-date=30 October 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} '''al-Qaeda''' [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]{{KIA}} [[Osama bin Laden]]{{KIA}} [[Ilyas Kashmiri]]{{KIA}} [[Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim]]{{KIA}} [[Atiyah Abd al-Rahman]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Laith al-Libi]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Yahya al-Libi]]{{KIA}} [[Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti]]{{KIA}} [[Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam]]{{KIA}} [[Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan]]{{KIA}} [[Sheikh Fateh]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11429016 | work=BBC News | title=US missile strike 'kills al-Qaeda chief' in Pakistan | date=28 September 2010 | access-date=21 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223122308/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11429016 | archive-date=23 December 2018 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Pakisani army kills al-Qaeda leader who grew up in the US">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/06/world/asia/pakistan-al-qaeda-death/index.html?iref=allsearch|title=Pakistan kills al Qaeda leader on FBI most wanted list|author=Sophia Saifi, Ben Brumfield and Susan Candiotti|date=6 December 2014|work=CNN|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726011009/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/06/world/asia/pakistan-al-qaeda-death/index.html?iref=allsearch|archive-date=26 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''ISIL''' [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]{{KIA}} [[Hafiz Saeed Khan]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-happened-to-isiss-afghanistan-pakistan-province/|title=What Happened to ISIS's Afghanistan-Pakistan Province?|author1=Arif Rafiq|work=The Diplomat|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091129/https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-happened-to-isiss-afghanistan-pakistan-province/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost]] (2014–2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=Released Gitmo detainee joins ISISNov. 19, 2014 – 2:30 – Former Taliban commander named chief of ISIS in Khorasa|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/3899320881001/released-gitmo-detainee-joins-isis/?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips|website=fox news|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128061106/http://video.foxnews.com/v/3899320881001/released-gitmo-detainee-joins-isis/?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Local support for dreaded Islamic State growing in Pakistan: Report|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Local-support-for-dreaded-Islamic-State-growing-in-Pakistan-Report/articleshow/45149421.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117155359/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Local-support-for-dreaded-Islamic-State-growing-in-Pakistan-Report/articleshow/45149421.cms|archive-date=17 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Usman Ghazi]]{{KIA}}<ref name="IMU joins ISIL" /><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|title=IMU announces death of emir, names new leader|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/imu_announces_death_1.php|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=4 August 2014|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604163346/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/imu_announces_death_1.php|archive-date=4 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''IMU Group''' [[Usman Ghazi]]{{KIA}} [[Tohir Yo'ldosh|Tohir Yuldashev]]{{KIA}} [[Najmiddin Jalolov]]{{KIA}} [[Abu Usman Adil]]{{KIA}} [[Mirzazhanov Atoyevich]]{{WIA}}
| strength1 = '''Pakistan''' 200,000 Pakistani troops<ref>{{cite news|last1=Khalid|first1=M Saeed|title=The on-off partnership|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228894-The-on-off-partnership|access-date=20 September 2017|work=[[The News International]]|date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919222801/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228894-The-on-off-partnership|archive-date=19 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-gates23-2010jan23,0,6998676.story |title=Pentagon chief defends arms sales to India, Pakistan |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 January 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011 |first=Julian E. |last=Barnes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126081338/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-gates23-2010jan23,0,6998676.story |archive-date=26 January 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Unknown no. of air squadrons of Navy and [[Pakistan Air Force]] fighter jets, including [[JF-17 Thunder|JF-17]] and [[F-16]] jets<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armscontrol.org/print/2096 |title=Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Cleared for U.S. Arms Buys |publisher=Armscontrol.org |date=11 September 2001 |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406204918/http://www.armscontrol.org/print/2096 |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref> ~10,000 [[Frontier Corps]]
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'''United States''' [[UAV]] drones [[Special Activities Division|CIA operatives]] [[United States special operations forces|U.S. Special Forces]]<ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-military-die-pakistan-bombing/story?id=9734681 |title=American Dead in Pakistan Bombing Were Special Forces – ABC News |publisher=ABC |location=USA |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125222812/https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-military-die-pakistan-bombing/story?id=9734681 |archive-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| strength2 = ~25,000 [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|TTP]] militia<ref name="BBC-25 April 2014">{{cite news|last1=Bennett-Jones|first1=Owen|title=Pakistan army eyes Taliban talks with unease|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27133865|access-date=4 July 2014|work=BBC News|date=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704104228/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27133865|archive-date=4 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ~2,000 [[Lashkar-e-Islam]] militia<ref>
{{cite news |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Mangal-Bagh-Profile.pdf |title=A Profile of Mangal Bagh |publisher=TheLongWarJournal |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124030504/http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Mangal-Bagh-Profile.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 |url-status=live}}
</ref> ~1,000 [[Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi|TNSM]] militia<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pak-taliban-claims-to-be-using-afghan-soil/20120626.htm |title=Pak Taliban claims to be using Afghan soil |publisher=Rediff News |date=26 June 2012 |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224020801/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pak-taliban-claims-to-be-using-afghan-soil/20120626.htm |archive-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
300–3,000 [[al-Qaeda]] militants<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |title=Al-Qaeda map: Isis, Boko Haram and other affiliates' strongholds across Africa and Asia |date=12 June 2014 |access-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829124058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |archive-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''{{flag|ISIL}}'''
* Jundallah: 12,000–20,000 (disputed)<ref name="Pakistani Taliban pledges allegiance to ISIL" />
* IMU: 500{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}–1,000<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061213131934/http://www.mipt.org/pdf/TerroristOrganizationReferenceGuide.pdf Terrorist Organizations Reference Guide]</ref>
| casualties1 = '''Pakistan''': 4,631 [[Pakistan Armed Forces|soldiers]] and [[Law enforcement in Pakistan|LEAs]] killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 8,214 killed soldiers and LEAs and 14,583 wounded (per the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|Watson Institute]]; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW">{{cite web|last1=Crawford|first1=Neta C.|title=Update on the Human Costs of War for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001 to mid-2016|url=http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf|website=[[Brown University]]|publisher=[[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs]]|access-date=20 September 2017|quote=The war in Pakistan, which began as Al Qaeda and the Taliban fled from Afghanistan into the northwest region of Pakistan in 2001, has caused almost 62,000 deaths and an additional 67,000 injuries.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908000946/http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''United States''': 15 soldiers killed (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icasualties.org/oef/ |title=U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan |publisher=iCasualties |date=9 September 2005 |access-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406083558/http://icasualties.org/oef/ |archive-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
| casualties2 = [[List of Taliban fatality reports in Pakistan|29,398 militants]] killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 31,000 killed (per the Watson Institute; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/>
| casualties3 = 9,394 civilians and 1,946 unidentified killed (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 22,100 civilians killed (per the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|Watson Institute]]; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/> 45,369 killed overall (per SATP)<ref name="SATPversion2"/><ref name="SATPversion2.0"/> 61,549 killed overall (per the Watson Institute; by mid-2016)<ref name="CoW"/> 41,819 killed overall all over Pakistan (Uppsala Conflict Data Program; 1989–2019)<ref name="ucdp.uu.se">{{cite web|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/#country/770|title=Database – Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
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Over 3.44 million civilians displaced (2009)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html |title=Red Cross 'gravely concerned' about conditions in Swat Valley |publisher=CNN |date=31 May 2009 |access-date=26 March 2011 |quote=Pakistan's Swat Valley, where a month long offensive against the Taliban has displaced more than 2 million civilians. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211024/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Over 6 million civilians displaced (2003–2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-as-death-toll-rises-pashtun-lawmaker-calls-for-waziristan-protest/29965861.html|title=In source: "A majority of the more than 70,000-plus civilians killed in this violence were Pashtuns, while more than 6 million members of the ethnic group have endured displacement since the onset of conflict in 2003."|publisher=Gandhara|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>|<nowiki>Tariq Khan]] </nowiki>(2008–10) [[Nadir Zeb]] (2010–12) '''[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Air Chief]]''' [[Tahir Rafique Butt]] (2012–present) [[Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed|Tavier Ahmad]] (2006–09) [[Rao Qamar Suleman|Rao Suleman]] (2009–12) '''[[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Naval Chief]]''' [[Muhammad ZakaUllah]] (2014–present) [[Afzal Tahir]] (2005–08) [[Noman Bashir]]<ref name="The New York Times, ROBERT MACKEY">{{cite news|last=ROBERT MACKEY|title=Before Attack, Pakistan's Navy Boasted of Role in Fight Against Taliban|url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/|access-date=13 November 2012|newspaper=The New York Times, ROBERT MACKEY|date=23 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617162912/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2008–11)
| notes =
}}The '''insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa''', also known as the '''War in North-West Pakistan''' or '''Pakistan's war on terror''', is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime. Formerly a war, it is now a low-level insurgency as of 2017.

The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's Hunt for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed Organistation.<ref name="globalbearings1">[http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/video-series-pt-1-from-osama-to-obama.html "Pakistan Primer Pt. 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929025157/http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/video-series-pt-1-from-osama-to-obama.html|date=29 September 2015}} The Rise of the Pakistani Taliban, ''Global Bearings'', 27 October 2011.</ref> Pakistan's actions were presented as its contribution to the U.S. War on terror.<ref>{{cite news|title=Killing scares media away from Waziristan|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0622/p07s02-wosc.html|work=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|date=22 June 2006|author=David Montero|access-date=25 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618224919/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0622/p07s02-wosc.html|archive-date=18 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Clashes further erupted between unified Pakistan Armed Forces and the Central Asian militant groups,<ref name="United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism2">{{cite web|last=U.S. Government|title=Central Eurasian and Central Asian Terrorism|url=http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|work=United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223029/http://nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> allied with the Arab fighters, in 2008–2010.<ref name="United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism3">{{cite web|last=U.S. Government|title=Central Eurasian and Central Asian Terrorism|url=http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|work=United States Government National Center for Counter-terrorism|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223029/http://nctc.gov/site/groups/cent_eurasian.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Pakistan Strategic Think Tanks">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Clifford|title=Terrorism from Central Asian Republics|url=http://pakistanthinktank.org/category/indian-terrorism-from-central-asian-republics|publisher=Pakistan Strategic Think Tanks|access-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514035149/http://pakistanthinktank.org/category/indian-terrorism-from-central-asian-republics|archive-date=14 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The foreign militants were joined by Pakistani non-military veterans of the Afghan War to the west, which subsequently established the TTP and other militant umbrella organisations, such as Lashkar-e-Islam.

The war depleted the country's manpower resources, and the outcomes outlined a deep effect on its national economy, since Pakistan had joined the American-led War on Terror.<ref name="The Washington Times, 2013">{{cite news|last=Shaun Waterman|title=Heavy price: Pakistan says war on terror has cost nearly 50,000 lives there since 9/11|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/27/heavy-price-pakistan-says-war-terror-has-cost-near/|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=27 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601224950/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/27/heavy-price-pakistan-says-war-terror-has-cost-near/|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, according to Ministry of Finance (MoF) statistics and mathematical data survey collections, the economy has suffered direct and indirect losses as high as $126.79 billion since 2001 because of Pakistan's role as a "frontline state". According to the MoF-issued Pakistan Economic Survey 2010–2011, "Pakistan has never witnessed such a devastating social and economic upheaval in its industry, even after dismemberment of the country by a direct war with India in 1971."<ref name="Dawn News, Economic Survey">{{cite news|last=From the Newspapers|title=War on terror cost Pakistan $67.9 billion|url=http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=Dawn News, Economic Survey|date=20 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524132025/http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/|archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

After the Pakistani military launched a major offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in 2014, its leaders escaped to Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shah|first1=Aqil|title=What Will Happen to Afghanistan and Pakistan's Uneasy Border?|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/13/what-will-happen-to-afghanistan-and-pakistan-s-uneasy-border-pub-85152|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}</ref> By 2014, the casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40% as compared to 2011–2013, with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,<ref name="Foreign Policy, 2014">{{cite news|title=A Small Measure of Progress|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/|first=Julia|last=Thompson|date=22 December 2014|newspaper=[[Foreign Policy]]|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412035056/http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/|archive-date=12 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> despite a large massacre of schoolchildren by TTP terrorists in the province in December 2014. The reduction in hostilities eventually changed the conflict from a war to a relatively low-level conflict.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jadoon|first1=Amira|title=The Evolution and Potential Resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|url=https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/sr_494-the_evolution_and_potential_resurgence_of_the_tehrik_i_taliban_pakistan.pdf|website=United States Institute of Peace|date=May 2021}}</ref>

After negotiations, the Tehreek-e-Taliban and the government announced a ceasefire in June 2022. However, on November 2022, the Tehreek-e-Taliban renounced the ceasefire and called for nationwide attacks against Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-11-28|title=TTP calls off ceasefire, orders terrorist attacks across Pakistan|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2388616/ttp-calls-off-ceasefire-orders-terrorist-attacks-across-pakistan|access-date=2022-11-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

*[[List of ongoing armed conflicts]]

==References==
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[[Category:2010s in Pakistan]]
[[Category:2020 in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Al-Qaeda]]
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[[Category:Islamic State]]
[[Category:Taliban]]
[[Category:Wars involving Pakistan]]
[[Category:Wars involving the United Kingdom]]
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Operation Grand Slam

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Rahim231: Updated results

{{short description|Pakistani military operation in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Operation Grand Slam
| place = Chamb−[[Jourian]]−[[Akhnoor]] sector, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]{{efn|Chamb is now located in Pakistani-administered [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir|Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]] following Pakistan's seizure of the town in the [[Battle of Chamb]] in 1971; Jourian and Akhnoor remain under Indian control.}}
| partof = the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
| date = 1 September 1965<ref>{{Cite journal|last=GILLANI|first=M. A.|date=2013|title=Tawi to Chak Kirpal September 1965 War.|url=|journal=Defence Journal|volume=17| issue = 2|pages=64|via=EBSCO}}</ref> {{small|(Start)}}
| map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir
| map_relief =
| map_size =
| map_marksize =
| map_caption = Captured Indian AMX-13 tanks being used by the Pakistan Army after the Battle of Chumb
| coordinates = {{coord|32.87|N|74.73|E|display=inline,title}}
| result = Aborted 
* Rapid progress made by Pakistan initially (see Battle of Chumb)
* Operational failure, aborted after launch of [[Lahore Front]]<ref>{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=159}}: "Despite its bold objectives and initial success, Grand Slam failed in both its military and its political objectives. Militarily, Grand Slam was to result in the capture of the vital town of Akhnur which was a clear and stated objective of the operation, the only question mark being what troops of the 12 Division would do next...Politically, too, Grand Slam failed in its primary objective; the application of military force inside ICK had failed to convince either the Indian government or the international community that it was time for India to accept arbitration or a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve the issue once and for all.'"</ref>
| combatant1 = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|India}}
| strength1 = {{plainlist|
* 8 [[infantry]] battalions
* 6 [[tank]] squadrons
* 18 [[artillery]] batteries
}}
| strength2 = {{plainlist|
* 4 infantry battalions
* 1 tank squadrons
* 3 artillery batteries
}}
| commander1 = {{plainlist|
* {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}} [[Major general|Maj. Gen.]] [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]]
* {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}} Maj. Gen. [[Yahya Khan]]
}}
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{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani War of 1965}}

'''Operation Grand Slam''' was a key military operation of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. It refers to a plan drawn up by the [[Pakistan Army]] in May 1965 that consisted of an attack on the vital [[Akhnoor|Akhnoor Bridge]] in Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. The bridge was not only the lifeline of an entire [[infantry]] division of the [[Indian Army]], but could also be used to threaten the city of [[Jammu]], an important logistical point for Indian forces. The operation ended in a failure for the Pakistan Army as the stated military objectives were not achieved, and Pakistani forces were subsequently forced to retreat following a counterattack by the Indian Army whereby a new [[Theater (warfare)|front]] was opened in the Pakistani province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]].

==Planning==
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The Operation Grand Slam was designed as a twin of the [[Operation Gibraltar]], both of which were meant to jeopardise India's control of Kashmir and bring it to the negotiating table without risking a general war across the international border.{{sfnp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}}<ref>
{{harvp|Roy & Gates, Unconventional Warfare in South Asia|2022}}: "By late 1964, Pakistan had developed two interrelated plans known as Operation GIBRALTAR and Operation GRANDSLAM to 'liberate' Kashmir."
</ref>
The idea for Grand Slam came from President [[Ayub Khan]]. When he reviewed the plans for Gibraltar in May 1965, he pointed to [[Akhnur]] on the map and called it a "jugular" for India. By seizing Akhnur, India's overland supply route to Kashmir would be cut off.{{sfnp|Sirrs, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate|2016|p=52}}

Ayub Khan was mistaken. India's supply route to Kashmir did not pass through Akhnur. (The [[National Highway 1A (India, old numbering)|National Highway 1A]] passed through [[Udhampur]] and [[Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir|Ramban]], not Akhnur.) General [[Akhtar Malik]], who was in charge of both Gibraltar and Grand Slam, however understood the President's demand for a "jugular". He developed secret plans to proceed to Jammu after taking Akhnur, where he could cut off the highway. These plans were not revealed to the President, who would have apprehended the possibility of a general war.<ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=208}}: "Akhtar Malik, while reluctant to fully tie himself down to that objective, acceded to the request in his meeting with Ayub and others. But, in his operational instructions to his commanders, he kept the option open once he had broken through the Indian defences [at Akhnur]."
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=213}}: "He wanted to keep the attack on Jammu his secret weapon, since that would have effectively cut off all Indian troops in Kashmir from India proper by commanding a choke point that would cut off the road from Pathankot through Jammu via Udhampur and Srinagar. ''Jammu was not on the official list of targets for that very reason; Pakistan did not want to provoke a wider war''." (emphasis added)
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Van Praagh, The Greater Game|2003|p=293}}: "By slicing the road between Delhi and Srinagar, Islamic Pakistan sought finally to cut off the treasured Vale of Kashmir and its defenders from hated Hindu India."
</ref>

Also mired in confusion were the conditions under which Grand Slam was to be launched. According to some sources Grand Slam was to be launched only after Gibraltar had succeeded. A failure of Gibraltar should have necessitated a rethink.<ref>
{{harvp|Sirrs, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate|2016|p=52}}: "The result of this second plan was Operation GRAND SLAM, which would only be implemented if GIBRALTAR had succeeded in liberating Srinagar."
</ref>
According to others, Grand Slam itself was needed in order to "encash" Gibraltar.<ref>
{{harvp|Abbas, Pakistan's Drift into Extremism|2015|p=44}}: In order to be able to retrieve the situation in case this operation got into trouble, to give it a new lease on life, or to fully exploit the advantage gained in the event of its success, Operation Grand Slam was planned... According to some Pakistani Army officers, it was foreseen then that the value of Operation Gibraltar would be fully encashed after Grand Slam succeeded in wresting control of Akhnur.
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}}: "The operation, which aimed at capturing Akhnur, was not a clearly defined military plan.... The more likely goal was for the operation to build pressure on the Indian army while the Gibraltar forces carried on their work."
</ref>
Neither Gibraltar nor Grand Slam had the full support of the Army Headquarters.<ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}}: "The Chief [Musa] and the CGS, General Sher Bahadur, had from its inception viewed Gibraltar as a bastard child, born of the liaison between the Foreign Minister [Bhutto] and General Malik."
</ref>

In addition to these confusions, there was also a technical issue. In order to avoid the possibility of a general war, Pakistan needed to make the operation appear to be a "localised conflict" in Kashmir. This meant launching its attack across the cease-fire line in Kashmir.{{efn|This was a hang-over from 1947. At that time, India refrained from retaliating against Pakistan's attacks in Kashmir by crossing the international border. But India and Pakistan were British Dominion at that time with their militaries under the command of British officers. No such constraints operated in 1965.}} But the operational plans for Grand Slam required the Pakistani forces to cross a "small section" of the border between Pakistani Punjab and Kashmir, which India regarded as an international border.<ref>
{{harvp|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}}: "Operation Grand Slam required Pakistani troops to cross a small section of the international border between Jammu in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir and the Pakistani city of Sialkot."
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}}: "Not only did it mean that the Pakistan Army would have to cross a small section of the international border between Sialkot and Jammu, it also made the prospect of an all-out war very real."
</ref>{{efn|In Pakistani theory, the border between Pakistani Punjab and Indian-administered Kashmir was a "working boundary", not an international border. India did not such recognise such a distinction. ({{harvtxt|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}})}}
In the event, it made no difference to India which border the Pakistani forces crossed.

=== Indian weaknesses ===
Even though Akhnur was not the "jugular" that President Ayub Khan imagined, it was still a key choke point. It had the only bridge across the [[Chenab River]] in this area, on which ran the supply route to the western districts of [[Rajouri district|Rajouri]] and [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]]. The bridge was capable of carrying only light tanks. It had not been strengthened over the years, despite warnings from various local commanders.{{efn|Brigadier Joginder Singh states that the commander of the 26 Division had assessed that the Akhnur bridge would be a target in a Pakistani operation and recommended strengthening it. He was reportedly asked to "proceed on pension".<ref>Agha Humayun Amin, [http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/aug/bookreview.htm Behind The Scenes] (Review), ''Defence Journal'', 2000.</ref>}} In addition, the cease-fire line was defended only lightly, as per the UN-mediated cease-fire agreement at the end of the [[First Kashmir War]]. It would be quickly overrun in the event of a full scale invasion.<ref>{{citation |last=Pradhan |first=R. D. |title=1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's Diary of India-Pakistan War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymYCJQjEGBUC&pg=PA12 |year=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-269-0762-5 |page=12}}</ref>

At the time of the opening attack of Operation Grand Slam, the Chhamb Jaurian sector was defended on the Indian side by the [[191 Infantry Brigade (India)|191st (Independent) Infantry Brigade]], comprising three battalions, and supported by a squadron of [[20th Lancers (India)|20 Lancers]] , which was equipped with [[AMX-13]] light tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/Articles1965/Ltgensatishnambiar230915.pdf |author=Lt Gen Satish Nambiar (retd)| title=Operations in the Chhamb and Sialkot Sectors |work=IndiaStrategic (September 2015 issue)|pages=54–56|date=23 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Decision to launch ===
[[File:Muhammad Ayub Khan.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pakistani President [[Ayub Khan]], said to have had "loss of nerve and second thoughts" on ordering the Operation Grand Slam{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}}]]

The Operation Gibraltar went badly. The plan was to infiltrate thousands of troops into Indian-administered Kashmir in the guise of 'mujahideen', who would carry out sabotage to demoralise the Indian forces and incite the local population to revolt. But the local population did not rise, the infiltrators were quickly identified and the Indian Army began to hunt them down.{{sfn|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}} In addition, the Indian Army moved across the cease-fire line to cut off the Pakistani infiltration routes and captured the [[Haji Pir pass]] (in [[Poonch Division|Pakistan-administered Poonch]]) and some heights in the [[Kargil district|Kargil sector]].<ref>
Haidar Imtiaz, [https://nation.com.pk/12-Sep-2015/1965-how-pakistan-won-the-war-of-propaganda 1965: How Pakistan won the war of propaganda], The Nation, 12 September 2015.
</ref>

On 24 August, General Akhtar Malik started pressing the Army Headquarters for permission to launch the Operation Grand Slam. In his view, unless it was launched, it was only a matter of time before all the Gibraltar forces in Indian-administered Kashmir would be captured or killed, and nothing would have been achieved from the whole operation.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}} The Army referred the issue to the President, but Ayub Khan withheld approval. He went away to [[Swat (princely state)|Swat]] to reflect on options. On 28 August, after the fall of the Haji Pir Pass, Malik briefed the Army chief. It was believed that India would take more territory unless something was done. The Army chief approached the foreign minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] (later prime minister) to obtain the President's approval. Bhutto is cited by the Army officers as having been the main driving force behind the entire military operation, and he was also said to be close enough to Ayub Khan to obtain his approval.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130–132}}

Bhutto returned from Swat the next day with the President's order to
{{blockquote|''take such action that will defreeze the Kashmir problem, weaken Indian resolve, and bring her to the conference table without provoking a general war''.}}
Ayub Khan also ordered the army to be prepared for Indian retaliation. He also warned the army that it would be a long struggle.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=132}}

General Malik seemingly had his permission for the operation. But perhaps he didn't, because he knew fully well that he was provoking a general war contrary to the President's directive.<ref>
{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=133}}: "Whatever Ayub's hope of a short war and Bhutto's hope of India confining the war to Kashmir, there was little doubt in the minds of 12 Division and its commander [General Malik] that the launch of Grand Slam would lead to general war with India. In a briefing to his senior officers before its launch, Malik was told by an obviously startled brigadier that 'This would mean war with India'. Malik replied sarcastically, 'You've been paid long enough to make a war.'"
</ref>{{efn|The rest of the Army top brass would also seem to have ignored other aspects of the President's order because absolutely no preparations were made for facing Indian retaliation. Nor were supplies stockpiled for a long war. "General Ayub was told on the second day of the war by the Army Chief, General Musa Khan, that the Army had even run out of ammunition."<ref>{{citation |last=Hiranandani |first=Vice Admiral GM |title=Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991–2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2snz5Cfb0gC&pg=RA1-PA1963-IA2 |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC |year=2013 |ISBN=978-1-935501-66-4}}</ref>}}

==Execution==
The Pakistani Army commenced Operation Grand Slam at 0500 hours on 1 September 1965.

The [[Akhnoor]] sector was lightly defended by four Indian infantry battalions and a squadron of tanks. The infantry was stretched thin along the border and the [[AMX-13]] tanks were no match for the Pakistani [[M47 Patton]] and [[M48 Patton]] tanks. Against a militarily stronger and larger Pakistani thrust, the Indian forces retreated from their defensive positions. According to Pakistani military historian Major (retd.) A. H. Amin, the Pakistani forces in Operation Grand Slam had a 6 to 1 advantage over Indian AMX-13 tanks, which were like 'matchboxes' in front of the Pakistani Pattons. In terms of artillery, Pakistan's 8 inch guns were superior to anything that Indians had at that time and had an overall superiority of 6 to 1.<ref name="A H Amin">{{cite web |last=Amin |first=Major A. H. |title=Pakistan army till 1965 |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN-THIS-BOOK-CAN-BE-PRINTED-FROM-THIS-SITE |work=defence analyst |publisher=pg 41 |access-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104091720/https://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN-THIS-BOOK-CAN-BE-PRINTED-FROM-THIS-SITE |archive-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>

On the second day of the attack, the GOC of the [[12th Infantry Division (Pakistan)|12th Infantry Division]] Major General [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]], commanding the overall forces in the area, was replaced by Major General [[Yahya Khan]], the GOC of the [[7th Infantry Division (Pakistan)|7th Infantry Division]], which delayed the attack by one day. Not only did this decision cause confusion among the Pakistani officer cadre, the delay also permitted the Indians to rush reinforcements to the sector. When the attack recommenced on 3 September, the Indian forces in the sector were sufficiently reinforced to hold out for a few more days, but they did not have the strength to launch a counterattack. As the attack carried on for two more days without any significant gains in territory, the Indian Army opened up a new front, on 6 September, across the sensitive state of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan. The advance of the Indian Army also threatened to cut across the right flank of the Pakistani attack. Realising the gravity of the threat, the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]] stopped its thrust into [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Kashmir]] and diverted forces to counter the Indian incursion.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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==External links==
{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani Wars}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041224022354/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1965War/index.html Bharat-Rakshak] Official Indian Account can be found here.
* [http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/sept/grand-slam.htm Defence Journal] A Pakistani Account of 1965.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213145004/http://ummat.com.pk/report_ummat/10022008-misc_reports/interview-10022008b.html Air Commodore Syed Sajjad Haider on 1965 war and surrounding events]
* [http://www.pakistanarmy.biz.tc/chammb.html Battle of Chhamb] Pakistan Army War Diary of 1965 War.

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[[Category:Military operations involving Pakistan|Grand Slam]]
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