Kargil War & Cross-border troubles

But, again the cross-LOC firing in Kargil began during

the mid-1998.
India argued that the infiltrators were trained and
armed by Pakistan, and based in "Azad Kashmir" with
the full knowledge of the Pakistani government.
Pakistan said that they were freedom fighters (!) from
Kashmir and that it was giving only moral support.

 The Kargil 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 which was the name of the
Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.

Kargil War, 1999

Date : May - July , 1999

Location : Kargil District , Kashmir
Between : India and Pakistan

Introduction.
Kargil is located 205 km from Srinagar.
This was the most recent ground war between
any two nations after Sino-Soviet Border
Conflict.

Continue.
At the time of the Kargil war, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India
While Nawaz Sharif was PM of Pakistan.

Different battles of kargil war

Battle of Tiger Hill
Battle of Tololing
Operation Safed Sagar
Operation Talwar

What led to the war???

There have been two major wars, the 1965 war

and the 1971 war before the Kargil War.
The main cause of the war was over the control
of Kashmir.

War progress
Firing on General Musharaf Convey
Pakistani forces entered in.

The final stage involved major battles by

Indian and Pakistani forces.

Pakistans steps
During the winter season, Indian and Pakistan
Armies reduce patrolling of areas that may be
avenues of infiltration.
During February 1999, when weather
conditions were severe the Pakistan Army
began to occupy some posts on the Indian
side of the LOC.

Withdrawal and final battles

Pakistan hoisted the Kashmir issue with the UN.
India pressurized US to pressurize Pakistan to with draw
as the captured area stopped supply to Indian forces in
Siachin.
US Called Nawaz Shariff to withdraw which he promised.
Despite all promises India started recapturing areas
before Pak army withdrawal result in martodum of many.

AFTER MATH OF KARGIL

WAR
Kashmir became the nuclear flash point and
Kargil issue was made internationalized.

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