Kargil Vijay Diwas 2021, Kargil War: July 26 is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark India's victory over Pakistani forces on the Kargil heights.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the 79th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat.
Pakistani soldiers did not even have weapons during the 1999 Kargil war with India, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a stunning claim on Sunday. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) supremo also said that a few generals were behind the war, and not the Army.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he would have sacked the army chief had the Kargil war with India been started without informing him.
It was on this day in 1999 that India's victory over Pakistan's intruding forces on the Kargil heights was finally completed.
As the nation is observing the 21st anniversary of India's victory in Kargil war, Captain Vikram Batra's father GL Batra commented over current events happening in eastern Ladakh at Line of Actual Control (LAC) and China's incursion.
Captain Vikram Batra was posthumously conferred with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, for his exemplary act of bravery in the Kargil War.
On Vijay Diwas, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh send a clear message to Pakistan and China that if they will think of attacking India, the country will not be afraid to retaliate.
July 26 is celebrated as "Kargil Vijay Diwas" every year to mark the successful completion of "Operation Vijay" that ended the 3-month war along the Line of Control.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, MoS Defence Shripad Naik and three service chiefs pay tribute at the National War Memorial on the 21st anniversary of India's victory in the Kargil War.
It was on this day in 1999 that India's victory over Pakistan's intruding forces on the Kargil heights was finally completed. With great sacrifice and valor, the Indian Army was able to take back what was taken from them in the dark of the night. Young officers and men of the Indian Army fought hard on Tololing, Tiger Hill and several other peaks where Pakistani's had fortified their positions with bunkers and heavy firepower.
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.
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