Kargil Vijay Diwas

Today we will talk about Kargil Vijay Diwas, which is celebrated every year on 26th July. On this day India achieved victory over Kargil conflict. On this day let's salute to those who sacrificed their life for our country. Kargil war started 19 years ago and on 26th July 1999 India won this war. Kargil war has its root at heart within the history. Let's know about this history more. In the year 1984, India captured the Siachen glacier which was neither in the possession of India nor in the Pakistan till then. Pakistan was furious about this and despite the Shimla agreement Pakistan initiated crossing the boundaries between the nations and that’s how Kargil war began. Both the Nation were at great loss because of this war and the after effects of this war was terrible. Because of this war Pakistan had to fight with negative international reputation. On the other hand, India set an example by winning this war and because of this India-US relations became stronger and India gained a position in international standing. Let us know about the casualties of this war. This war killed many soldiers of both the nations. According to the figures India had to lose more than 500 of its warriors and more than 1,300 Indian soldiers were wounded. You can see their names at the Kargil War Memorial. According to Pakistan, their more than 400 soldiers were sacrificed but according to figures the actual count is more than 1000.

Let us know about the soldiers who were awarded gallantry award.

Captain Vikram Batra and Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey were awarded Param veer chakra. Captain Anuj Nayyar was awarded Maha Vir Chakra and Captain Haneef-u-ddin was awarded Veer chakra.

Including Kargil , India had won many other wars in which First one was Kashmir war, but the ceasefire was announced due to UN’s intervention.

In the year 1961 India witnessed the Portuguese war in which Goa , Daman and Diu were liberated.
In 1962, Sino-India war was fought.
1965 and 1971, Indo-Pakistan wars were fought. Bangladesh was liberated after the war of 1971.

On the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas let us commemorate the sacrifices the great warriors made for our country.

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