evidence: Fighting against India Musharraf fought in both the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars, the former as a second lieutenant and the latter as a company commander, as per The Times of India. In 1990, Musharraf, then a brigadier in the Pakistan Army, attended London’s prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies. As per FPJ, his classmates at the time included Major-generals BS Malik and Ashok Mehta of the Indian Army. According to the report, he’d often outshine his classmates when it came to his studies. Musharraf in his Master’s Degree thesis Impact of Arms Race in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent outlined three major reasons for Pakistan and India’s unending conflict – Hatred, Kashmir, and water. As per India Today, Musharraf in his thesis noted that the hatred was ‘visceral’ and claimed Pakistan needed control over Jammu and Kashmir because its water flowed through it. As per The Guardian, the thesis ended with an impassioned plea for the countries to settle their disputes, reduce military troop levels and increase spending to fight poverty. The thesis earned him acclaim from Commandant General Sir Antony Walker, who called Musharraf one of his ‘finest’ students, as per FPJ. [...] Explained: General Pervez Musharraf's chequered history with India