Chawinda

Chawinda is a city located near village Butter Dogran in Pasrur Tehsil, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. The town sits at an altitude of 165 m, close to the border with Jammu and Kashmir.

Chawinda was the site of a key tank battle during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, where the Pakistani forces blocked the advance of the Indian Army which had thrust itself into the Sialkot district in an effort to thwart Pakistan's own advances into Indian-administered Kashmir.