Kargil war 1999 early in may 1999, the indian army discovered large scale infilitration by pakistani soldiers across the loc in the indian territory in the desolate kargil sector. A comprehensive and accessible battlebybattle account of the kargil war by an army officer who witnessed it. Early in may 1999, when word came from a shepherd searching for his strayed yak that some mysterious men in black clothes were clambering around on the frozen hilltops of kargil, no one could have anticipated that it would be the precursor to a fullfledged armed conflict between. This book is a diary of param vir chakra captain vikram batra.
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Lavoy in the spring of 1999, indian soldiers patrolling near the town of kargil about 5 miles on their side of the kashmir line of control. The 1999 kargil war took place between may 8, when pakistani forces and kashmiri militants were detected atop the kargil ridges and july 14 when both sides had essentially. Kargil war tiger hill live coverage 26 july 1999 youtube. This book locates the change in indias war doctrine at the turn of the century, following the kargil war in 1999 between india and pakistan.
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