

The seventeen-day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armored vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule.

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The other coin issued in the denomination of 100 rupees is only issued for inclusion in proof / UNC sets. To mark the birth centenary commemoration, this 5 rupees coin was issued on 24th August 2015. She was honoured as a freedom fighter and was awarded a Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. An advocate of the ancestral Naga religious practices, she staunchly resisted the conversion of Nagas to Christianity. She was released in 1947 after India's independence, and continued to work for the upliftment of her people. Nehru gave her the title of "Rani" ("Queen"), and she gained local popularity as Rani Gaidinliu.

Jawaharlal Nehru met her at Shillong Jail in 1937, and promised to pursue her release. Gaidinliu was arrested in 1932 at the age of 16, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the British rulers. Within the Heraka cult, she came to be considered an incarnation of the goddess Cherachamdinliu. The movement later turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the British from Manipur and the surrounding Naga areas. At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement of her cousin Haipou Jadonang. Gaidinliu (1915–1993) was a Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. The first woman and only the second saint from India after Saint Gonsalo Garcia. Pope Benedict XVI authorized her canonization inĢ007 and the process was completed after an year, meaning that Alphonsa is now In 1985, Pope John Paul II formally approved a miracle that wasĪttributed to her and she received the title of Venerable Sister Alphonsa. In 1939 she had an attack ofĭouble-pnuemonia which left her weakened and she died in 1946 after a painful Had been disabled by her feet for many years. Her, many of which involved curing children having clubbed feet as she herself She taught at a school and there are a large number of miracles associated with

In 1936, she was miraculously cured by saint Therese of Lisieux. Into a pit of burning chaff and both here feet got deformed, leaving her She had a difficult childhood plagued by poverty and illness. Alphonsa Mutthapadathu was born on Augin village Kudamaloor near Kottayam in
