July 26, Kargil Vijay divas

July 26, 2016 11:32
July 26, Kargil Vijay divas

The nation on today is paying tribute to its brave Indian soldiers who have laid their lives during the two-month long war on the icy heights of Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, bordering the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 1999. On the 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas, PM Narendra Modi hailed the supreme sacrifices made by the Indian soldiers and paid his rich tributes to the war heroes.

I bow to every valiant soldier who fought for India till very last breath. Their heroic sacrifices inspire us, PM Modi said in a tweet.

India will never forget the fearlessness with which our courageous soldiers gave a befitting & unforgettable reply to the intruders, he tweeted.

We recall with pride, the firmness demonstrated by India’s political leadership in 1999, which ensured a decisive victory in Kargil, another tweet.

Narendra Modi Tweets on Kargil Vijay Divas
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal also paid homage to the Kargil War martyrs in the national capital. In the Drass sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the families of Kargil War heroes paid tributes to the fallen war heroes on the occasion of 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas.

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Father of Captain Vikram Batra, who lost his life in Kargil War, said his son was a legendary soldier. We are very proud of him, he added.

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The official history of the three-month conflict is being written in the Ministry of Defence. The two-year long project, which has started in January last year, is being headed by the historian Srinath Raghavan. But the army, which has played the leading role in evicting Pakistani intruders from the mountain ranges, is not sharing any operational detail with the history division of the ministry.

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Lt General (retd) Vinod Bhatia, former DGMO, said, “It is important to write the history of the Kargil War but every operational detail cannot be shared. So many of our current deployments in the area are based on what happened in 1999, and the DGMO can’t possibly share them. Also, the tactics we used, our launch pads for operations, we can’t let that information out even now.”

“Our operational and logistics build-up, location of reserves etc. are not a matter of detail, but one of military capability and hence, need not be in the public domain,” Bhatia said.

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By Premji

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