21st Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas: Major facts about the India-Pakistan war 1999

Anju Upadhyay July 26, 2020

Kargil Vijay Diwas also called by the name successful Operation Vijay later on, is celebrated in India on 26 July. On this day in 1999 India successfully took command of the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistan and win the war.

India is celebrating the 21st Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on today to pay tributes to the brave martyrs who laid down their lives to uphold for our nation during the 1999 Kargil War.

On July 26, every year, the nation commemorates the success of “Operation Vijay”, which was launched by the Indian Army to recapture the glacial heights and strategic viewpoints in the Kargil-Dras sector of Ladakh region.

On this 21st Anniversary, Major facts about the 1999 Kargil War

Result of the war- India regains control of the occupied territory.

Cause of the war- Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers into positions on the Indian side of Line of control.

The 1999 Kargil War was fought by the Indian Army to recapture the heights inside Indian territory in the Kargil and Dras sector of the Ladakh region.

1. Duration of the War

War Duration – 2 months (First Week of May 1999- Last Week of July 1999) between the Indian Armed forces and the Pakistani Army backed military in the Dras- Kargil sector of Ladakh region.

This War was fought in a highly mountainous region and barren terrain amid the topsy- turvy ridgelines of the Kargil and Drass sector.

2. Army Launches Operation Vijay To Recapture Located Territories by strategy

Indian Army launched an operation code-named ‘Operation Vijay’ on June 6.

to clear out Pakistan army-backed infiltrators in Batalik, Jubar, Mushkow, Tololing, Khalubhar, and Turtuk sectors of Kargil and Dras regions, Indian Army launched frontal assaults in sub-zero temperatures generally at night.

3. Direct Military Conflict Between India-Pakistan Since 1971 War

4. Bofors Guns was the Game-Changing Weapon During the Kargil War

5. Param Vir Chakra