We can’t forget the day July 26th 1999 where WE RECAPTURED OUR LAST HILL FROM PAKISTAN.
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between 3 May and 26 July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Hindi: ????, lit. “Victory”) which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.
Causes for Kargil War
The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC, which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of the war, Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri insurgents, but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff showed involvement of Pakistani paramilitary forces, led by General Ashraf Rashid. The Indian Army, later on supported by the Indian Air Force, recaptured a majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LOC infiltrated by the Pakistani troops and militants.
So we are celebrating this day as KARGIL day Kargil Vijay Diwas – remembering all our Kargil hero’s.
Timeline of Kargil War Conflict events |
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| Date (1999) | Event |
| 03-May | Pakistani intrusion in Kargil reported by local shepherds |
| 05-May | Indian Army patrol sent up; Five Indian soldiers captured and tortured to death. |
| 09-May | Heavy shelling by Pakistan Army damages ammunition dump in Kargil |
| 10-May | Infiltrations first noticed in Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors |
| Mid-May | Indian Army moves in more troops from Kashmir Valley to Kargil Sector |
| 26-May | IAF launches air strikes against infiltrators |
| 27-May | IAF loses two fighters – MiG-21 and MiG-27;. Flt Lt Nachiketa taken POW |
| 28-May | IAF MI-17 shot down by Pakistan; four air crew dead |
| 01-Jun | Pakistan steps up attacks; bombs NH 1A |
| 05-Jun | Indian Army releases documents recovered from three Pakistani soldiers indicating Pakistan’s involvement |
| 06-Jun | Indian Army launches major offensive in Kargil |
| 09-Jun | Indian Army re-captures two key positions in the Batalic sector |
| 11-Jun | India releases intercepts of conversation between Pakistani Army Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf, while on a visit to China and Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Aziz Khan in Rawalpindi, as proof of Pakistani Army’s involvement |
| 13-Jun | Indian Army secures Tololing in Dras |
| 15-Jun | U.S. President Bill Clinton, in a telephonic conversation, asks Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to pull out from Kargil |
| 29-Jun | Indian Army captures two vital posts: Point 5060 and Point 5100 near Tiger Hill |
| 02-Jul | Indian Army launches three-pronged attack in Kargil |
| 04-Jul | Indian Army recaptures Tiger Hill after an 11-hour battle |
| 05-Jul | Indian Army takes control of Dras. Sharif announces Pakistani army’s withdrawal from Kargil following his meeting with Clinton |
| 07-Jul | India recaptures Jubar Heights in Batalik |
| 11-Jul | Pakistan begins pullout; India captures key peaks in Batalik |
| 14-Jul | Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declares Operation Vijay a success. Government sets condition for talks with Pakistan |
| 26-Jul | Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. Indian Army announces complete eviction of Pakistani intruders. |
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