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Operation Vijay (1999)

Kargil War
Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars
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Location of the conflict
Date May–July 1999
Location Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir
Result India regains possession of Kargil
Territorial
changes
None
Belligerents
India India Pakistan Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Ved Prakash Malik Pervez Musharraf
Strength
30,000 5,000
Casualties and losses

Indian official figures

  • 527 killed
  • 1,363 wounded
  • 1 POW
  • 1 fighter jet shot down
  • 1 fighter jet crashed
  • 1 helicopter shot down

Pakistani claims

  • 1,600

Pakistani official figures

  • 357–453 killed
  • 665+ wounded
  • 8 POWs

Other Pakistani claims

  • 1,000 to 4,000 killed

Indian claims

  • 700+ killed

Indian official figures

Pakistani claims

Pakistani official figures

Other Pakistani claims

Indian claims

The Kargil War (Hindi: करगिल युद्ध, kargil yuddh, Urdu: کرگل جنگkargil jang), 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). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Hindi: विजय, lit. "Victory") 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 on the Indian side of the LOC, which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of the war, Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri insurgents, but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan's Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff showed involvement of Pakistani paramilitary forces, led by General Ashraf Rashid. The Indian Army, later supported by the Indian Air Force, recaptured a majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LOC infiltrated by the Pakistani troops and militants. Facing international diplomatic opposition, the Pakistani forces withdrew from the remaining Indian positions along the LOC.


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