THE KARGIL WAR-1999

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[{"data":"The name KARGIL is said to derive from the Balti-Tibetan words which are \"Khar\" and \"Rkil\".Khar means \"castle\"and Rkil means \"centre\".Thus a place between castles.The ancient name of KARGIL was known as \"PURIG\".Kargil war also called as the Kargil conflict.It was an armed conflict between India and Pakistani forces that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and along the line of control.In India,the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay.The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan backed militants into areas on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LOC) to occupy military posts vacated in the winter.India responded by launching a major military and diplomatic offensive to drive out the pakistani infiltrations.Reportedly,the pakistan infiltration in the Kargil sector was reported by the local shepherds.The Indian Army launched a number of patrols to the area to estimate the extent of the infiltration.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579530475277},{"data":"Initially,Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri militants,but documents left behind by casualities and later statements by Pakistan's Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff revealed involvement of Pakistani paramilitary forces,led by GENERAL ASHRAF RASHID.The Indian Army,later on supported by the Indian Air Force,recaptured majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LOC within two months of the conflict that were trespassed by the infiltrators,according to official count,an estimated 75%-80% of the intruded area and nearly all high ground was back under Indian while Pakistan lost all control over the Kargil area.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579532276052},{"data":"India's then Chief of Army Staff VP Malik,expressing his views on Operation Vijay,declared that the pakistani invasion was decisively defeated.Hosted on Daily Times.Fearing large-scale increase in seriousness in the military conflict,the international community,led by the United States,increased diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to withdraw forces from remaining Indian territory.Faced with the possibility of international separation,the already fragile Pakistani economy was weakened further.The morale of Pakistani forces after the withdrawal delined as many units of the Northern Light Infantry suffered heavy casualities,but Nawaz Sharif later said that over 4,000 Pakistani troops were killed in the operation.The Indian casualities during the conflict stood at 527 soldiers killed,and 1,363 wounded.The conflict officially came to an end on July 26,with Indian regaining its earlier hold on Kargil.26 July,since then,is celebrated in India every year as Vijay Diwas,or Victory Day.India registered decisive diplomatic victory as well as a military victory against Pakistan that was defeated and left Internationally isolated for provoking war.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579532706416},{"data":"The KARGIL WAR is one of the most recent examples of 'High-altitude warfare in mountainous terrain'.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579533631390},{"data":"JAI HIND!!!JAI BHARATH!!\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579533721621},{"data":"<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1579533786217},{"id":1579533776905,"type":"img","data":"5e25c5d1b2615"}]

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