Kargil Victory Day 26 July

Kargil Victory Day 

  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 lives for our country. Kargil war started 21 years ago and on 26th July 1999, India won this war.

 Kargil war has its root deep down in the history Let's know about this history more In the year 1984, India captured the Siachen glacier which was not in the possession of either India or 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 the Kargil war began. 

Both the Nation were at great loss because of this war and the after-effects of this war were terrible. because of this war Pakistan had to fight with a 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 nations. 

According to the figures India had to lose more than 500 of its warriors and more than 1,300 Indian soldiers were wounded. We can read their names at the Kargil War Memorial. According to Pakistan, more than 400 soldiers were sacrificed but according to figures, the actual count is more than 1000.

The soldiers who were awarded the 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.

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

Top Movies On Kargil war

1.LOC Kargil: 2003

2.Lakshya: 2004