Kargil Day | Vijay Divas

On 26th July we won the battle against Pakistan intrusion. We recaptured our last hill on this day. Though victorious we lost our most valuable great warriors and brothers.

The Kargil War, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir.

The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LOC), which serves as the de facto border between the two states.

During and directly after 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 on supported by the Indian Air Force, attacked the Pakistani positions and, with international diplomatic support, eventually forced withdrawal of the Pakistani forces across the LOC.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War)

In memory of Vijay Divas,26th July, Let us bow our heads to the great heroes of India who laid down their lives so that we are safe today. 

Below are the few real heros who give their life at young age. Because of them we breath.

Lt. Saurabh Kalia

Capt.Vikram Batra

Param Vir Chakra(Posthumous)

Grenedier. Yogendra Singh

Param Vir Chakra

RFN .Sanjay Kumar

(Param Vir Chakra)

Major Padmapani Acharya,

Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous)

Of the 2nd Battalion of The RAJPUTANA RIFLES

Lieutenant Balwan Singh,

Maha Vir Chakra

Of the 18th Battalion of GRENADIERS Regiment

Major M Saravanan,

VirChakra,

1 Bihar

Lieutenant Kanad Bhattacharya,

Sena Medal (Posthumous)(22 YEARS)

Captain Saju Cherian,

Sena Medal

307 Medium Regiment

Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nangrum,

Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous)

Of the 12th Battalion of JAMMU AND KASHMIR Light Infantry

Captain R Jerry Prem Raj,

Vir Chakra (Posthumous),

158 Medium Regiment

Major Sonam Wangchuk,

Maha Vir Chakra

Of the LADAKH Scouts

India salutes all the great warriors.

Vandematram.