The Kargil War also known as the Kargil conflict‚ was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Victory in Hindi) which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector. The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey‚ California THESIS HIGH ALTITUDE WARFARE: THE KARGIL CONFLICT AND THE FUTURE by Marcus P. Acosta June 2003 Thesis Advisor: Second Reader: Peter Lavoy Douglas Porch Approved for public release‚ distribution is unlimited THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response‚ including the time for reviewing
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The Kargil War also known as the Kargil Conflict‚ was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971‚ there had been a long period with relatively few direct armed conflicts involving the military forces of the two neighbors - notwithstanding the efforts of both nations to control the Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts on the
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Kargil War From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Kargil War | Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars | An Indian Bofors 155 mm howitzer field gun being repositioned during the war. | Date | May-July 1999 | Location | Kargil district‚ Kashmir | Result | Indian Victory as India retook Pakistani occupied ridges. Pakistan withdrew from Indian-controlled Kashmir to pre-war Line of Control. | Territorial changes | Status quo ante bellum | | Belligerents |
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Facts related to the Kargil war Every year‚ July 26 is observed as Kargil Vijay Diwas in memory of Operation Vijay. Today is the 13th anniversary of the Kargil war victory. Here are some important facts associated with this operation‚ that will continue to be remembered for years to come. Kargil Vijay Diwas July 26 is oberved as Kargil Vijay Diwas in memory of the successful Operation Vijay. On this day in 1999‚ Indian soldiers regained control of outposts that had been intruded into by Pakistan
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Project Report (Project : Kargil War‚ 1999) Introduction The Kargil War of 1999 was a conflict between India and Pakistan on the dispute of the Kargil district of the state of Kashmir near the Line of Control. Since a war is a two-party affair‚ it is the equivalent of two individual projects‚ each as a point of view of a country in this case. Hence we take only the Indian scenario as the point of view for this project. Why we selected this project? This war consisted of various missions
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The Kargil War (Hindi: करगिल युद्ध kārgil yuddh)‚(Urdu: کارگل جنگ kārgil jang)‚ also known as the Kargil conflict‚[note (I)] was an armed conflict between Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Victory in Hindi) which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.[10] The cause of the war was
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despite having to pay a heavy price for fighting a war within its territory‚ the Indian forces allowed the Pakistanis to return across the Line of Control (LoC). It was a gesture which depicted the great Indian tradition of forgiving even the enemy‚ when it pleads for it. For Pakistan‚ it was another lesson which it would probably not forget for a long time. It would also put Pakistan to shame‚ for it chose to torture and kill the Indian prisoners of War (PoWs)‚ rather than handing them over safely as
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The Kargil Conflict In recent situations‚ U.S. dissuasion has been more effective. During the Kargil conflict‚ from May to July 1999‚ U.S. diplomacy was a critical factor in the Indian decision to limit the fighting to one isolated sector of the Line of Control in Kashmir. When Pakistani troops crossed the line in the early months of the year‚ India had the option of opening new fronts elsewhere in Kashmir or‚ potentially‚ along the international border with Pakistan proper. The decision not to
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Diplomacy and propaganda in the Kashmir War Abstract: The conflict between Hindu and Muslims over the Kashmir region is one of the bloodiest religious wars in history‚ exceeding in violence the Crusades or the “Thirty years war’’. As long as the Indian colony was under British rule‚ the tensions were kept under control‚ but during the decolonization movement ‚ the two religions who hatred and feared each other more than they feared the colonial masters‚ developed in the first phase separate
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