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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC).
May 31, 2024 · Kargil War, conflict in May–July 1999 between Pakistan and India in Kargil, a sector of the disputed Kashmir region located along the line of control that demarcates the Pakistan- and India-administered portions of Kashmir.
Jul 26, 2019 · Twenty years ago, a tactical operation ordered secretly by Pakistan's generals to occupy heights in Kargil on the Indian side flared into a war they hadn't expected. It led to defeat and...
Kargil, part of the western Ladakh region in the Zaskar Range of the Himalayas. It abuts the line of control between the portions of Kashmir administered by India and Pakistan and has been the site of border conflicts between the two countries. It was the site of the deadly Kargil War in 1999.
Jul 26, 2023 · India’s victory in the Kargil War was as much against the terrain and the climate, as it was against Pakistani combatants. We tell you how our soldiers braved – and conquered – Kargil’s hostile conditions.
Jul 26, 2019 · The Kargil war, as it came to be known, lasted for nearly three months, killed more than 500 Indian and nearly 400 Pakistani soldiers, and ended with India successfully pushing back Pakistani...
Jul 26, 2019 · Kargil War was declared over on July 26, 1999, after Indian soldiers pushed back the Pakistani troops from the neighbouring country's Northern Light Infantry, from the captured peaks. The day is observed as 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' to commemorate India's victory.
Jul 24, 2019 · The Kargil war between May and July 1999, part of the broader conflict between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir, was a seminal turning point in American foreign policy with...
May 1, 2019 · For the first time since 1971, India and Pakistan traded cross-border airstrikes; they also engaged in conventional clashes not seen since the 1999 Kargil War. The latest crisis was triggered...
The Kargil war was a three month long skirmish between India and Pakistan. It commenced in May 1999 when approx 1500 Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian Territory in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir with an aim of severing link between Kashmir and Ladakh.
