On the 16th anniversary of the end of the Kargil war, the Indian Army has planned a sequence of events to honour the martyrs on July 26. The main events are scheduled to happen on July 25 and 26 at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Jammu and Kashmir. The Kargil war was started in May in the year 1999 to remove Pakistani soldiers who had captured some points on the Line of Control.The day is also known as Vijay Diwas.
Some facts you should know about the Kargil war:
• The Indian Army lost more than 450 officers and soldiers in the war. More than 13,000 got critically injured
• Kargil war lasted for more than two months
• It is believed that Pakistan used 5,000 of its troops to penetrate into various summits in the Kargil sector
• The conflict is also referred as Operation Vijay
• It all started when some local shepherds noticed some major activities in the foothills of the Kargil area on May 3, 1999. The Indian army was informed right away
• Pakistan had requested the United Nations to intervene in the issue of Kashmir but failed due to Indian resistance
• During the war, the Indian army provided proper coffins for the dead Pakistan soldiers but on the other hand the body of Indian martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia was badly mutilated by the Pakistani security forces
• Indian Air Force's MiG-21s and Mirage 2000 were widely used in the war
• Around 696 Pakistan soldiers lost their lives in the war
• In the final assault at Tiger Hill (Point 5140), five Indian soldiers and 10 Pakistani soldiers lost their lives. Captain Vikram Batra was one of them
• Two Bollywood movies LOC: Kargil in 2003 and Lakshya in 2004 were made post Kargil.
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