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Surprise, strategy & ‘Vijay’: 21 years of Kargil

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Kargil war was fought in Mashkoh valley , Dras , Kaksar & Batalik sub-sectors of Ladakh
region.

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Kargil War- Pak’s motive was to internationalise the issue of Kashmir & Garner Western
power’s support. However, India was not going to give in to the international pressure .

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26 July 1999, India’s Operation Vijay was a success story : a political, diplomatic & military
victory.

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Kargil war - Pakistan breached the provisions of the 1972 Shimla Agreement & violated the sanctity of the Line Of Control.

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Indian Army lost more than 450 officers & soldiers in the war. More than 13,000 got critically
injured. Veertha & Shaurya of all those still echo's in Kargil.

Naman to all those Veera maathas who gave their santhaan towards saving maa Bhaarath 🙏

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Army declared the mission in Kargil successful on July 26, 1999; since then the day has been
celebrated annually as KargilVijayDiwas

But UPA Govt didn't celebrated KargilVijayDiwas between 2004-2009,still don't understand what made them to not celebrate ?
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Kargil war lasted for more than two months but we kicked out enemies from our territory.

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Pakistan used 5,000 of it's troops to penetrate into various summits in the Kargil sector , but finally Pakistanis intruders either got killed or ran away from the battle field with us.

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Local shepherds noticed some major activities in the foothills of the Kargil area on May 3,
1999. Indian army was informed right away.

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During the Kargil war, Indian army provided proper coffins for Pakistani soldiers who died in battle field but on the other hand the
body of Indian martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia was badly mutilated by Pak security forces

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MiG-21s & Mirage 2000 of India Air Force were widely used in the Kargil war.

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Around 696 Pakistani soldiers lost their lives in Kargil war.

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Two Bollywood movies LOC : Kargil in 2003 & Lakshya in 2004 were made post Kargil war.

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39yrs old Lt. Col. Viswanathan went up the heights to recover the bodies of his three men. He
captured 3 bunkers but was shot in the groin & thigh. He died while being evacuated.

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Captain N Kenguruse was an Indian Army officer of 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles. He was
martyred at the Lone Hill, Drass Sector on June 28, 1999 in the Kargil War.

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Captain N Kenguruse was posthumously awarded with #MahaVirChakra for his bravery at the
battlefield.

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Kargil war was fought at great heights, with the battle at ‘Tiger Hill’ being fought at above 5000
meters.

It was extremely difficult to fight at those heights & at such low temperatures.

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Intrusion in Kargil was largely a brain-child of then Pak Army Chief Pervez Musharraf.

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Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers was awarded #ParamVirChakra

Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1st bat, 11 Gorkha Rifles was awarded #ParamVirChakra Posthumous

Captain Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles was awarded #ParamVirChakra
Posthumous.

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Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles was awarded #ParamVirChakra

Captain Anuj Nayyar, 17 JAT Regiment was awarded #MahaVirChakra
Posthumous

Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, 18 Grenadiers was awarded #MahaVirChakra Posthumous

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Captain Haneef-u-ddin, 11 Rajputana Rifles was awarded #VirChakra posthumous

Major Mariappan Saravanan, 1 Bihar was awarded #VirChakra Posthumous

Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, Indian Air force was awarded #VirChakra
Posthumous

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Hawaldar Chuni Lal, 8 JAK LI was awarded #VirChakra, Sena Medal for
gallantry & posthumously awarded #AshokChakra as a #NaibSubedar

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As a soldier, Hanif served the country with pride & dedication, no greater saga of his
valor could he have been martyred while fighting the enemy said Mrs Hema Aziz ( Mother of
martyr K. Hanifuddin )

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Our son is like Swami Vivekananda who came to complete the unfinished work of previous
birth and has been martyred on the country. We are born a son only so that he can be
sacrificed on the country - Mrs Vijaya (Mother of Veer Saurabh Kalia)

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Kargil Vijay- An Extraordinary Military Victory

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I am proud of my son who was martyred while eating the bullet in the chest - Mr. Satpal
Sharma (Father of martyr K. Amol Kalia)

Either I'll come waving the tricolor, Or clinging to the tricolour - Captain Vikram Batra

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In Operation Vijay, Manjeet Singh was the youngest to be martyred in Kargil War.

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Vijayant Thapar, at the age of 22, destroyed the nefarious intentions of the enemies & hoisted the tricolor on the hill of Naul even in the moonlit night.

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Veer Chakra winner Vijayant Thapar had written in a letter to his parents that if born again as
a human, I will join the army and fight for my country.

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The Attack on Tiger Hill vsktelangana.org/the-attack-on-… via @VSK Telangana

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Reminiscences of the Kargil War- by Wing Commander (R) CH Bal Reddy vsktelangana.org/reminiscences-… via @VSK Telangana

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Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations across Balagokulams in Hyderabad vsktelangana.org/kargil-vijay-d… via @VSK Telangana

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