Kargil Vijay Diwas is India's national day of victory, observed every year on 26 July, commemorating the Indian Army's success in recapturing strategic peaks a…
On 2 July 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto signed the Simla Agreement following India's victory in the 1971 war. The pact c…
On 13 April 1984, Indian Army units airlifted onto the Siachen Glacier in Operation Meghdoot, pre-empting a reported Pakistani plan to occupy the same terrain. India sec…
Between October 1998 and March 1999, approximately 2,000–3,000 Pakistani soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry, along with trained militants, crossed the Line of Con…
On 3 May 1999, local shepherd Mohammed Khan alerted the Indian Army that armed men had occupied positions near Batalik. Subsequent patrol reports from the 3rd Battalion,…
On 26 May 1999, the Indian Air Force launched air strikes against Pakistani positions under Operation Safed Sagar, while the Indian Army simultaneously commenced ground…
On the night of 12–13 June 1999, troops of the 2 Rajputana Rifles stormed the 4,590-metre Tololing peak under intense artillery cover after multiple earlier assaults had…
On the night of 3–4 July 1999, troops of the 8 Sikh and 18 Grenadiers stormed Tiger Hill, the most symbolically important peak of the Kargil sector, at 5,307 metres. Cap…
On 4 July 1999 — American Independence Day — Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew to Washington and met President Bill Clinton. Clinton reportedly showed Sharif sa…
On 26 July 1999, the Indian Army officially declared Operation Vijay complete, announcing that all positions occupied by Pakistani forces within Indian territory had bee…
On 12 October 1999, Pakistani Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil intrusion, overthrew Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup. The…
The Kargil War Memorial at Drass — situated at the base of the peaks where some of the fiercest fighting occurred, with Tiger Hill visible in the background — was formal…
On 26 July 2024, India observed the silver jubilee of Kargil Vijay Diwas with ceremonies at the Drass War Memorial in Ladakh, attended by the Defence Minister and senior…
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