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Elliot Anton Russell Peters

Period 1
India/Pakistan Timeline Activity: Kargil conflict - Writeup
The Kargil conflict takes place between Jammu and Kashmir in India; Kargil is a city in Ladakh
District. The Siachen glacier in Kashmir, is one of the most strategic points you could picture when you
hear the word battlefield; it provides high (super high) ground, and is home to an Indian supply line
(NH1). Secondly, Siachen peak is a major water source that provides irrigation for Pakistan. Finally, when
winter occurred, Indians retreated from Siachen peak. These are the reasons why Pakistan went for
Kargil; from an Indians point of view, it was an effort to take advantage of Indias retreat by attacking
Siachen peak for land, as well as trying to steal their supply line.
The Kargil conflict denotes an event based off the Kargil War. The Kargil War takes place between
May 8, and July 14, 1999. It was also believed that Pakistani forces anticipated and planned this
operation in 1998, which denotes the escalation of Nuclear Rivalry between India and Pakistan.
May 8 - Pakistan infiltrates Kashmir. Both Kashmiri forces (refer to the Kashmir Conflict) and
Pakistani forces were located along the Kargil Ridges.
May 26 - India launches air attacks in response to Pakistani infiltration in Kashmir.
May 29 - Sartaj Aziz, foreign minister of Pakistan, proposes to travel to India and ease tensions.
In response, India and Pakistan agree to negotiate over Kashmir, May 31.
On June 13, no solution to the conflict is resolved, especially as India continues air strikes as
early as June 9, despite the fact theyre still resolving the conflict. So on June 13, India and Pakistan go
toe to toe and end the talks that regard Kashmir.
June 29 - The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Nawaz Sharif), who was in China this whole time,
returns to Pakistan, in an effort to negotiate with the Prime Minister of India (Atall B. Vajpayee). Not much
happens since then.
June 30 - In an effort to start a huge assault on that disputed Kashmir region, India escorts over
730000 Indian troops to Kashmir. These troops are composed of 5 infantry divisions, 5 brigades, over 40
battalions of paramilitary troops, and 60 frontline aircraft.
July 4 - India captures a strategic point called Tiger Hill. President B. Clinton is anxious and
urges India and Pakistan to re-negotiate, in which Pakistani soldiers gradually cease fire starting July 11.
July 14 - Both sides stopped fighting. Its semantically debatable who won the war, but its most
considered India had won the war, because Pakistan withdrew their forces, and India got all they need.
Casualties: Regarding Pakistani casualties, a lot of sources provide different values; India
estimates around 1042 casualties,while America estimates around 700 casualties, but over 450 deaths
have been confirmed. Regarding Indian troop casualties, India estimates 527 deaths and 1323 injuries.
Bibliography: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kargil-99.htm
http://indianstrategicknowledgeonline.com/web/US%20on%20Kargil.pdf
Elliot Anton Russell Peters
Period 1.
India/Pakistan Timeline Activity: Kargil conflict - Visual Support

Indian Flag (Left)

Pakistani Flag (Right)

Map for Kargil (Left)


Siachen Peak (Right)

Muslim Pakistani
Machine-gunner on
Kargil Ridge (Left)

Indian Air Attacks


(Right)

Atall B. Vajpayee (Left)


Sartaj Aziz (Middle)
Nawaz Shariff (Right)
Tiger Hill (Left)

P. Bill Clinton (Right)

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