It was on July 26, 1999, the Indian Army had declared successful culmination of 'Operation Vijay', declaring a victory after nearly three-month-long battles on the icy heights of Kargil.
Watch India TV's Exclusive report from Kargil,how India won 1999 Kargil war against Pakisthan.
The state's Director General of Police O.P. Singh said that the Lee-Enfield rifles were prone to failure and required a lot of maintenance.
Kashmir is in the blood of the Pakistani nation and the country and the army will stand by the Kashmiri people "no matter what," the ailing former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has asserted, as he returned to active politics.
According to informed sources, Sangwan is a decorated officer who also participated in the Kargil war. He was earlier a pilot with the BSF.
India's victory in the war is observed as Kargil Vijay Divas. In another tweet, Modi shared pictures of his visit to the area during the conflict and his interaction with soldiers. The prime minister said that in 1999, he was working for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
It's been 20 years to the Kargil war and India is remembering its martyrs. The ones who laid down their lives for the greater good. The brave officers and men of the Indian Army who faced the enemy in the eye, unmoved by the overwhelming odds. Let's go back memory lane and relive a story of great valour, a story of great sacrifice, a story of great triumph- The Kargil War.
On the 20th anniversary of the Kargil conflict, several defence experts told IANS that they were looking up to the Narendra Modi-led government to implement the national security plan proposed by the Kargil Review Committee which was reviewed again in 2011.
The Indian Army was bringing results but the Indian Air Force (IAF) broke the Pakistani Army's morale and will to continue holding the heights it had captured in Kargil, former IAF officers said while talking about the 1999 war.
Remembering the Braves: Army to recreate victory scenes to mark 20th anniversary of Kargil war
As the country commemorates 20 years of the Kargil War, former Army Chief General (Retd) V.P. Malik shared how the grandfather of a slain Pakistani soldier had approached India to get back the body of his grandson.
The anniversary celebrations for this year will be spread over three days from July 25-27.
Three separate FIRs have been lodged against a retired policeman, who had verified the documents and recorded the statement of Mohammad Sanaullah, a former Army officer, declared a "foreigner" and lodged in a detention centre in Assam, officials said on Monday.
The Chief of the Air Staff took part in a ‘Missing Man Formation’ flypast in Mi-17 helicopter to pay respect to the Air Force personnel who laid down their lives during the ‘Operation Safed Sagar’ conducted by the Airforce during the Kargil war.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that during the 1999 Kargil war, Pakistan “went pleading to America for help” as it was “afraid that it would end up being divided into three parts”
The Pakistani media had reported on June 25, 1999, that Nawaz Sharif was in Gulteri where in an address to the troops he had called for a dialogue with India to defuse the war-like situation along the Line of Control.
During the Kargil war in 1999, the IAF narrowly missed bombing a Pakistani army forward base that was hosting the current and Nawaz Sharif and General Pervez Musharraf.
Reports suggest that her father Captain Madeep Mandeep Singh died defending a militant attack on a Rashtriya Rifles camp in August 1999, days after the Kargil war had ended.
Colonel (retired) Vijendra Thapar, father of Kargil war hero captain Vijayant Thapar fulfilled his 17 year old emotional wish to visit the place where his valiant son sacrificed his life fighting Pakistan backed infiltrators. The
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