IntroductioN

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 July 26 every year is celebrated as ‘Kargil Vijay
Diwas’ in India. On this day, India successfully took
command of the high outposts which had been lost
to Pakistani intruders.

 This presentation has been

organized by GBN School in
memory of the martyrs of the war.
 What was The Kargil war?

 The Kargil War was an armed conflict between India and

Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999
Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the
Line Of Control (LOC).

(Indian soldiers after capturing the Tiger Hill in a decisive battle)

Location ON MAP
 Leading Cause of the war
The cause of the war was the infiltration of
Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into
positions on the Indian side of the LOC,
which serves as the de facto border between
the two states.

(Pakistani soldiers infiltrating during Kargil War)

 What was Pakistan’s Agenda?
 One Word: Kashmir. Geographically, all Pakistan's
rivers are coming down from Indian occupied
territory. Pakistan needs access to the rivers which
is the reason why they desire control over Kashmir.
 LOCATion & Background

(Army Chief Pervez Musharraf)

 The town of Kargil is located 205 Km from Srinagar facing

the northern areas across the LOC.

 Pervez Musharraf, the then Army Chief of Pakistan, carefully

charted out the intrusion plan, without any specifics from the
then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
 LAND OPERATIONS

 The Indian Army responded with Operation Vijay, a

mobilisation of 200,000 Indian troops in order to clear the
Kargil sector of infiltration by Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri
militants on the Indian side of the Line of Control.

(Indian soldiers launching assaults on the enemy from all fronts)

 AIR OPERATIONS
 The Indian Air Force launched Operation Safed Sagar
in support of the mobilisation of Indian land forces,
but its effectiveness during the war was limited by
the high altitude and weather conditions.

(MiG-23 Bn) (MiG-29)

 Naval operations
 The Indian Navy blockaded the Pakistani ports to cut off
all the trading supply routes under Operation Talwar. The
Indian Navy's fleets joined in the North Arabian Sea and
began aggressive patrols. Later, it was found that Pakistan
was left with just six days of fuel to sustain itself if the war
doesn’t end.

(Leander ‘Nilgiri’ class frigate) (Petya-class frigate)

 FinAL Battle
 The Indian army launched its final attacks in the last week
of July; as soon as the Drass subsector had been cleared of
Pakistani forces, the fighting ceased on 26 July. The day has
since been marked as Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
in India.

“They died for a stranger and that stranger is YOU…”

 THE Aftermath

By the end of the war, Pakistan had to withdraw

under international pressure and due to
pressure from continued fighting at battle front
and left India in control of all territory south
and east of the Line of Control, as was
established in July 1972 as per the Shimla
Agreement.
 Gallantry awards
1. The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's hig
-hest military decoration awarded for the
displaying distinguished acts of valour dur
-ing wartime.
2. The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the secon-
d highest military decoration in India, and
is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallant
-ry in the presence of the enemy, whether
on land, at sea or in the air.
3. The Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry awar
-d presented for acts of bravery in the bat
-tlefield.
 GaLlantry awards
1. Param Vir Chakra:
• Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
- 18 Grenadiers

• Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey

- 1/11 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)

• Captain Vikram Batra

-13 JAK Rifles (Posthumous)
 GALLANTRY awards

• Rifleman Sanjay Kumar

- 13 JAK Rifles

2. Maha Vir Chakra:

• Captain Anuj Nayyar
- 17 JAT Regiment (Posthumous)

• Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari

- 18 Grenadiers (Posthumous)
 GALLANTRY awards
3. Vir Chakra:
• Captain Haneef-u-ddin
- 11 Rajputana Rifles (posthumous)

• Major Mariappan Saravanan

- 1 Bihar (Posthumous)

• Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja

- Indian Air Force (Posthumous)

• Havildar Chuni Lal

- 8 JAK LI (Posthumous)
 War won, lives lost
 India’s “victory” did not truly convey that the loss was
two-sided. As many as 527 Indian soldiers were killed
in the war and more than 13,300 people were critically
injured whereas Pakistan’s war casualities are
estimated to be up to 4000.

(Atal Vihari Vajpayee led NDA government purchased coffins for the martyrs)
 The ongoing India-China conflict

 China removed an old bunker of the Indian Army located

at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan in Sikkim by
using a bulldozer after the Indian side refused to accede
to its request to dismantle it.

(Site of the conflict: Nathu La)

 India-China conflict

 The incident that took place in June’s first week in

Nathu La general area in Sikkim and led to a face-off
between the two forces, triggering tension in the
Sikkim Section of the border.

“Is another war the only solution to this

problem?”
 Saluting Our Heroes!

Thank You. Jai Hind!