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Kargil / ˈ k ɑːr ɡ ɪ l / or Kargyil [4] [5] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest town in Ladakh after Leh. [6] Kargil is located 204 kilometres (127 mi) east of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, and 234
Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict Indian soldiers after capturing a hill from Pakistani forces 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 India Pakistan Commanders ...
The system was developed partly because access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems is not guaranteed in hostile situations, as happened to the Indian military in 1999 when the United States denied an Indian request for Global Positioning System (GPS) data for the Kargil region, which would have provided vital information. [22]
Point 5353 (also called Point 17561, and Marpo La Peak [1]) is a mountain peak on the Line of Control dividing the Indian-and Pakistani-administered portions of Kashmir in the vicinity of Dras in the Kargil district.
Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region, [1] which is administered as a union territory of Ladakh. It is named after the city of Kargil , where the district headquarters lies.
Following the end of the Kargil War, the Indian and Pakistani local military commanders agreed to a plan to vacate Point 5240, along with two other mountains nearby — namely, Point 5353 and Point 5165 — all on the LoC. [1] [4] However, in late October 1999, units of 8 Mountain Division of the Indian Army captured Point 5240. [1]
This is a list of villages in Kargil district in Ladakh, India. Kargil district is divided into seven tehsils, namely, Drass, Kargil, Shargole , Shakar-Chiktan, Sankoo, Taisuru and Zanskar . [ 1 ] There are a total of 130 revenue villages in the seven tehsils.
It was a focal point of the 1999 Kargil War because of its strategic location between Kargil, Leh and Baltistan. [3] [4] Batalik is 56 km from Kargil and is located in the Dah Hanu region, also known as the "Aryan Valley", populated by Brokpa people. [5] Administratively, it is treated as a hamlet of the Silmo village. [6]