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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh (erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir) and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Sanskrit: विजय, lit.
LOC Kargil, a 2003 Hindi war film based on the Kargil War, directed by J. P. Dutta. Deewaar, a 2004 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan based on the POW of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by Milan Luthria. Lakshya, a 2004 Hindi film partially based on the events of the Kargil War, directed by Farhan Akhtar.
The Kargil War order of battle , is a deposition and systematic combatant structure of the Indian Army troops and the unified Pakistan Armed Forces combat commands, active in the Kargil region in 1999, during the Kargil War. The Indian Army orbat is based on the publications provided by the Indian military authors, news media and official sources.
The Battle of point 5140 was fought on 20 June 1999 and was major military offensive carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment as a part of the Operation Vijay (Kargil War). The Indian forces under Lt Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi were able to capture the point.
Kargil War (POW) Captain Saurabh Kalia ( Punjabi pronunciation: [saurabha kālī'ā] ; ( 1976-06-29 ) 29 June 1976 – ( 1999-06-09 ) 9 June 1999) was an officer of the Indian Army who was martyred during the Kargil War while being held as a prisoner of war by the Pakistan Army .
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 ...
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.
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]