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Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict Indian soldiers after capturing a hill from Pakistani forces during the Kargil War Date 3 May – 26 July 1999 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh), India Result Indian victory India regains possession of Kargil Territorial changes Status quo ante bellum Belligerents ...
Captain Vikram Batra pronunciation ⓘ, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer.He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops around Area Ledge, Point 4875, in the Kargil district of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir.
The Battle of Tiger Hill encompasses the battles fought in and around the peak of Tiger Hill between the Indian Army and Pakistan from the final week of May till second week of June 1999, during the Kargil War. The battle, with the concomitant battle for the adjoining peak of Tololing, culminated in Indian forces capturing Tiger Hill (Point ...
Captain Neikezhakuo Kengurüse, MVC (15 July 1974 – 28 June 1999) was an Indian Army officer from Nagaland.. Kengurüse was an officer of 2 Rajputana Rifles, who was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award, for his exemplary valour in combat during operations in the Kargil War in 1999.
Kargil Vijay Diwas (lit. ' Kargil Victory Day ') is celebrated every year on 26 of July in India, to observe India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War for ousting Pakistani Forces from their occupied positions on the mountain tops of Northern Kargil District in Ladakh in 1999. Initially, the Pakistani army denied their involvement in the ...
Operation Safed Sagar (Hindi: ऑपरेशन सफेद सागर, lit."Operation White Ocean") was the code name assigned to the Indian Air Force's role in acting jointly with the Indian Army during the 1999 Kargil war that was aimed at flushing out regular and irregular troops of the Pakistani Army from vacated Indian Positions in the Kargil sector along the Line of Control. [1]
The Battle of Tololing [1] was a pivotal battle in the Kargil War between India and troops from one full battalion of Pakistan’s Northern Light Infantry who were aided by Pakistani irregulars in 1999.
A graphic novel titled Param Vir Chakra by Amar Chitra Katha dedicated their eighteenths story written by Prabha Nair and drawn by Harsh Mohan Chattoraj in 2015 [29] A graphic novel titled Param Vir Chakra Manoj Kumar Pandey by Roli Books written by Ian Cardozo and drawn by Rishi Kumar in 2019 [30] He was portrayed by Ajay Devgn in the film LOC ...