Theatres, self-reliance: India puts Kargil lessons to use
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Theatres, self-reliance: India puts Kargil lessons to use

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: On August 15, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff, paving the way for creation of theatre commands to promote ‘jointness and synerg’ in the Indian armed forces, a move that came more than 18 years after a recommendation to the effect by the Group of Ministers on Kargil. Even though the Committee’s recommendation of separation of the post of principal secretary to the Prime Minister and National Security Advisor was implemented after the fall of the Vajpayee government, the creation of Integrated Service Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence Agency have hardly made a dent in overall military reforms. But the replacement of the Joint Intelligence Committee by the National Security Council Secretariat has paid dividends during the Modi government with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval being able to create a structure that provides a 360-degree view of national security with one military advisor and three deputy NSAs. Shyamal Datta, director, Intelligence Bureau, on the basis of intelligence picked up by then additional director Ajit Doval sent a signed letter to then PM Vajpayee warning a build-up of Pak Army across the LoC in Kargil Sector, the Indian Army was categorical that there was no intelligence alert on Pakistani intrusions apparently due to poor dissemination of information and appreciation of the intelligence collected.

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Army pays tribute to Tashi Namgyal, who sounded Pak intrusion alert in 1999
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Army pays tribute to Tashi Namgyal, who sounded Pak intrusion alert in 1999

India Today  

The Army paid tribute to Tashi Namgyal, the Ladakhi shepherd credited with alerting Indian troops about Pakistan's intrusion in the Kargil sector in 1999. “Fire and Fury Corps extends heartfelt condolences to the family of Tashi Namgyal - The first informant of Kargil intrusion leading to the War. Shree Tashi Namgyal is survived by a wife, two sons and a …

Tashi Namgyal, the heroic shepherd who alerted Indian Army about Pakistan intrusions in Kargil, dies
3 weeks ago

Tashi Namgyal, the heroic shepherd who alerted Indian Army about Pakistan intrusions in Kargil, dies

India TV News  

Tashi Namgyal, the Ladakhi shepherd whose timely alert about Pakistan’s infiltration in 1999 played a pivotal role in India's victory during the Kargil War, has passed away at the age of 58. Namgyal's actions in 1999 were instrumental in thwarting Pakistan’s covert operation to cut off the crucial Srinagar-Leh highway, a strategic route for India. “Fire and Fury Corps pays …

For the first time, Pakistan Army admits role in Kargil War against India: ‘Soldiers sacrificed their lives’
4 months ago

For the first time, Pakistan Army admits role in Kargil War against India: ‘Soldiers sacrificed their lives’

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan’s Army has for the first time publicly acknowledged its involvement in the 1999 Kargil War against India. Speaking at an event to commemorate Defence Day, Army Chief General Asim Munir honoured the Pakistan soldiers who had died in various conflicts with India, including the Kargil War, a topic that had been carefully avoided in official statements for over two …

Pakistan army admits role in Kargil War for first time: 'Several soldiers...'
4 months ago

Pakistan army admits role in Kargil War for first time: 'Several soldiers...'

India Today  

The Pakistani army has publicly admitted its involvement in the 1999 Kargil War against India for the first time. Speaking at an event in Rawalpindi to mark the country's Defence Day, Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir said several soldiers had laid down their lives while fighting the wars in 1965, 1971 and in Kargil in 1999. "Be it 1948, …

Beyond the Lines | Road to Ruin: Why Pakistani premiers pursue unwinnable wars against India
5 months, 1 week ago

Beyond the Lines | Road to Ruin: Why Pakistani premiers pursue unwinnable wars against India

Firstpost  

The lessons from history cannot be more brutally unambiguous: In the last seven decades, each time a Pakistani premier has waged war against India, his career has met with a premature end Around 2006, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was on a visit to the US. Musharraf’s misadventure had led to Pakistan’s defeat in the Kargil war against India, and cost …

25 years of Kargil: Lessons on high altitude aerial combat against a bigger enemy this time
5 months, 2 weeks ago

25 years of Kargil: Lessons on high altitude aerial combat against a bigger enemy this time

Firstpost  

Fighter operations in Ladakh and Arunachal have been going up, but fighter squadrons remain at an all-time low, and the strength must quickly go up from the current 31 squadrons to the authorised 42. Pakistani Game Plan in Kargil India was forced into the Kargil War when General Pervez Musharraf ordered the Pakistani Army to occupy Indian posts, which were …

India marks landmark Kargil victory as Pakistan army looks on
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India marks landmark Kargil victory as Pakistan army looks on

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Army on Thursday kicked off the landmark 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations from a mountain top near this picturesque town in Ladakh, as the Pakistan Army, still smarting from its defeat in the 1999 war, looked on from a post at a height of 17,500 ft along the Line of Control, senior officers aware of the development said. …

Kargil imprint on India and Pakistan
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kargil imprint on India and Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

The fallout of the Kargil war, the first conflict fought by India and Pakistan under a nuclear overhang, continues to impact the security dynamics of the region even after 25 years. It is now well established that the Pakistan army, under General Pervez Musharraf, pushed India into the war by surreptitiously occupying strategic heights in Kargil sector of the Line …

Kargil war ushered in sweeping military reforms
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kargil war ushered in sweeping military reforms

Hindustan Times  

Twenty-five years after the Indian Army rewrote the rules of mountain warfare and beat astonishing odds to eject a treacherous foe from the dizzying heights occupied by it in the Kargil sector a few months after the signing of the Lahore peace declaration, the focus is back on how the military has transformed since the turn of the century, weeded …

How the 1999 war exposed Pak policy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How the 1999 war exposed Pak policy

Hindustan Times  

A quarter of a century ago, the 84-day war fought by India on the glaciated heights of Kargil sector in 1999 marked the beginning of the end of the West’s pro-Islamabad stance, with much of the world waking up to the fact that cross-border terrorism was part of the state policy of the country that had gone nuclear a year …

View: How PM Modi ensured another Kargil is not repeated
7 months, 2 weeks ago

View: How PM Modi ensured another Kargil is not repeated

Hindustan Times  

Twenty five years ago, I along with Hindustan Times photographer Pradeep Bhatia entered the Kargil war theatre this week and were greeted by whizzing sound of Pakistan artillery shrapnel fired from across the LoC as we crossed the Suru River. Taking advantage of unheld gaps of the Indian Army’s counter-insurgency grid and the India-Pak bonhomie arising out of Prime Minister …

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2023: History and significance of the 1999 Indo-Pakistan war
1 year, 5 months ago

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2023: History and significance of the 1999 Indo-Pakistan war

Firstpost  

The war took place in Kargil district along the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan. As a tribute to such a momentous occasion, Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Victory Day is marked annually on 26 July to mark India’s immaculate triumph against Pakistan in the 1999 conflict. History of Kargil war The war took place …

Why 1999 Kargil war turned out to be a game-changer for Indian military
1 year, 5 months ago

Why 1999 Kargil war turned out to be a game-changer for Indian military

Hindustan Times  

Tomorrow, India will celebrate the 24 anniversary of its military victory in 1999 Kargil war. Fact is that neither the Indian Army or the political leadership barring PM Vajpayee and his maverick Defence Minister George Fernandes had the stomach to take on rising China or for that matter its tributary state, Pakistan, till the war at Kargil forced their hand. …

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2023: Five important facts you must know about Kargil War
1 year, 5 months ago

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2023: Five important facts you must know about Kargil War

India TV News  

Kargil Vijay Diwas: India is commemorating 24 years of its victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War. Each year, 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' is celebrated on July 26 to honour the valour and sacrifice of the soldiers who gave the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the Kargil War. The Kargil War was fought between May 8, 1999, and …

July, Pakistan, and War: The Lessons Learnt From Kargil
1 year, 5 months ago

July, Pakistan, and War: The Lessons Learnt From Kargil

The Quint  

Since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian political leaders have made valiant and naïve attempts to make peace with Pakistan. Enmity against India has been injected repeatedly into Pakistan society to such an extent that even today when democracies like India cannot hide anything, ordinary Pakistanis still believe that “Hindus” in India routinely, and on a daily basis, destroy mosques, …

Pakistan failed at capturing Kargil but India needs to be wary of its hidden game to avenge 1971 | OPINION
2 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan failed at capturing Kargil but India needs to be wary of its hidden game to avenge 1971 | OPINION

India Today  

It was 23 years back when the Kargil War was in its full swing, having started on May 3, 1999, and continued till July 26, 1999, with India emerging victorious. In 1947-48, while the whole of J&K became a part of India after instrument of accession was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on October 26, 1947, the abrupt end of …

Today its been 23 years since Kargil war: 5 movies that will make you reconnect with that triumph
2 years, 5 months ago

Today its been 23 years since Kargil war: 5 movies that will make you reconnect with that triumph

Firstpost  

On this day, we proudly won the war against Pakistan, although our neighboring country had an advantage over us but our Indian forces bravely fought and win the war against them. These 5 movies based on Kargil war will make you more proud and patriotic for the nation: LOC Kargil: Loc Kargil was released in 2003, it was a historical …

Lesson learnt and unlearnt from Kargil war
2 years, 5 months ago

Lesson learnt and unlearnt from Kargil war

Hindustan Times  

Twenty-three years ago, this day, the Indian Armed Forces declared victory after driving out the intruding Pakistan regular army along with jihadist mercenaries from the heights in Kargil. The military plan of then Pakistan Army General Pervez Musharraf, who currently is hospitalized in Dubai, and his chief of General Staff Mohammed Aziz was audacious and premised on the notion that …

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2022: How India defeated Pakistan in Operation Vijay
2 years, 5 months ago

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2022: How India defeated Pakistan in Operation Vijay

Live Mint  

The Kargil War was fought against intruders from Pakistan, who had crossed the Line of Control into Indian territory during the winters of 1998. In 1999, the war went on from May 8 to July 26 in 1999, when India successfully completed Operation Vijay. On July 26, 2022, India will honour the heroic sacrifices and bravery of the fallen heroes …

DC Edit | Rajnath’s assertion on India’s strength timely
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Rajnath’s assertion on India’s strength timely

Deccan Chronicle  

Using the platform of the Vijay Diwas celebrations to mark the 23rd anniversary of the victory of the Indian Army over Pakistani intrusion in Kargil, defence minister Rajnath Singh asserted with pride that India was a strong nation that does not bend or bow, and was fully capable of defending its territory against any hostile attempt to transgress into our …

Pak-occupied Kashmir was, is, will be integral part of India: Rajnath Singh at Kargil Divas event
2 years, 5 months ago

Pak-occupied Kashmir was, is, will be integral part of India: Rajnath Singh at Kargil Divas event

India Today  

Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir was, is and shall always remain an integral part of India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said during the ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ event in Jammu on Sunday. Rajnath Singh said that the Kargil war underlined the dire need to achieve jointness and self-reliance in the defence sector. Lauding the courage of Brigadier Mohammad Usman, an Indian Army officer who …

23 Years After Kargil War, India’s Defence Reforms See An Upsurge Under PM Modi
2 years, 5 months ago

23 Years After Kargil War, India’s Defence Reforms See An Upsurge Under PM Modi

News 18  

The 1999 Kargil War was triggered by a territorial incursion by Pakistani military forces in the winter of 1998-99 across the Line of Control. KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS Twenty-three years have passed since the day, July 26, 1999, when India emerged victorious in the Kargil war. In the wake of the Kargil War in 1999, India also started seriously thinking of …

Opinion | Kargil war and LAC standoff serve as lessons for India's adversaries
3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Kargil war and LAC standoff serve as lessons for India's adversaries

Firstpost  

The country is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil War. Almost exactly 21 years after the first intrusions were detected in Kargil, on 5 May, 2020, there were reports of Chinese patrols intruding across the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh and clashing with Indian forces. Many strategic commentators equated the Ladakh intrusions with the Kargil War and …

Kargil Revisited: 22 Years Later, Gaps at Strategic Level Still Exist but Being Fixed
3 years, 5 months ago

Kargil Revisited: 22 Years Later, Gaps at Strategic Level Still Exist but Being Fixed

News 18  

Each time we mark Kargil Vijay Diwas, it is imperative that besides the celebration of victory and the remembrance of courage and valour, there should be an honest and intellectual analysis to determine how the lessons learnt apply in the current context. The recapture of that ground by the Indian Army at heights of 16000 to 18000 feet in little …

At Kargil and LAC, A Lesson for Pakistan and China—Indian Military is No Pushover
3 years, 5 months ago

At Kargil and LAC, A Lesson for Pakistan and China—Indian Military is No Pushover

News 18  

The country is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil War. Almost exactly 21 years after the first intrusions were detected in Kargil, on May 5, 2020, there were reports of Chinese patrols intruding across the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh and clashing with Indian forces. Many strategic commentators equated the Ladakh intrusions with the Kargil War and …

Opinion | India should be better prepared in terms of securing its borders
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | India should be better prepared in terms of securing its borders

Live Mint  

It was ‘Vijay Diwas’, Victory Day, last Sunday. After Pakistan’s Siachen defeat in 1984, the then director-general of military operations of Pakistan presented a counter-action plan to General Zia-ul-Haq, the four-star general who became the President of Pakistan. When Gen Pervez Musharraf became army chief, he saw this old plan in a new context. Pervez Musharraf was so sure that …

Pak tried to backstab India with Kargil war: PM
4 years, 5 months ago

Pak tried to backstab India with Kargil war: PM

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Pakistan had launched the Kargil war 21 years ago to distract attention from its internal problems, at a time when India was trying to build cordial ties with it. In his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat on the anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Modi praised the courage of Indian soldiers, and requested …

PM Modi pays homage to Kargil martyrs, says Pakistan stabbed India in the back
4 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi pays homage to Kargil martyrs, says Pakistan stabbed India in the back

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday squarely blamed Pakistan for the Kargil war. Modi said India can never forget the circumstances under which the Kargil war was fought because Pakistan had made great plans to capture Indian territory. It is for this reason that Pakistan tried to stab India in the back,” said Modi during the monthly radio …

While India fought Pakistan at the border in 1999, here are 6 ways in which Congress insulted Kargil victory and our war-heroes
4 years, 5 months ago

While India fought Pakistan at the border in 1999, here are 6 ways in which Congress insulted Kargil victory and our war-heroes

Op India  

For every Indian, 26th July is no less than a celebration. No recognition of the war heroes for years For years, since the Congress government came to power in 2004, the party refused to celebrate Kargil war heroes. In 2017, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, BJP MP posted a tweet in which he shared a letter dated July 2009 asking Congress party in …

Kargil Vijay Diwas 21st Anniversary: 10 Facts About Indo-Pak Military Conflict In 1999
4 years, 5 months ago

Kargil Vijay Diwas 21st Anniversary: 10 Facts About Indo-Pak Military Conflict In 1999

ABP News  

India is observing the 21st Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on Sunday to pay tributes to the brave martyrs who laid down their lives to uphold and safeguard the sovereignty and integrity of the nation during the 1999 Kargil War. In honour of the glory and saga of the Bravehearts of the Indian Army who fell in the line of …

‘Intrusion can’t be compared to Kargil, unless it escalates’: General VP Malik
4 years, 6 months ago

‘Intrusion can’t be compared to Kargil, unless it escalates’: General VP Malik

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh: Former chief of army staff General Ved Prakash Malik, who was the helm during the Kargil war, spoke to Ramesh Vinayak about the military escalation on the Line of Actual control that led to the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in the deadliest border clash in last four-and-a-half decades between with China, the fallout of the escalation. Two facts …

Twenty years since Kargil War: Incompetence and veniality of generals killed soldiers, allowed Pakistan to cross LoC
5 years, 5 months ago

Twenty years since Kargil War: Incompetence and veniality of generals killed soldiers, allowed Pakistan to cross LoC

Firstpost  

From litigation and classified documents on 199 Kargil War, this much is clear that the top military and civilian leadership ignored warnings of imminent conflict and army generals scapegoated mid-level commanders to hide their failures Late in the summer of 1998, India’s spies began reporting unusual events along the Line of Control in Kargil — Pakistani troops were being pumped, …

Kargil victory a symbol of India’s might, says PM Modi
5 years, 5 months ago

Kargil victory a symbol of India’s might, says PM Modi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a clear message to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the victory in the Kargil war two decades ago was a symbol of India's might and its security will remain unassailable with the dedication of the Indian armed forces. Speaking at an event marking 20th anniversary of Kargil war, Modi also said promised adequate resources …

20 years of Kargil War: Army Chief warns Pak not to repeat the ’misadventure’
5 years, 5 months ago

20 years of Kargil War: Army Chief warns Pak not to repeat the ’misadventure’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat on Friday warned Pakistan against any repeat of an intrusion into Indian territory two decades ago stating that Pakistan would get a "bloodier nose" if it did so. You will get a bloodier nose next time," Rawat said referring to Pakistan at a media briefing in Indian Kashmir, news reports said. Prime Minister …

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2019: Bipin Rawat issues warning to Pakistan, says it will get a 'bloodier nose' if it chooses to go to war with India again
5 years, 5 months ago

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2019: Bipin Rawat issues warning to Pakistan, says it will get a 'bloodier nose' if it chooses to go to war with India again

Firstpost  

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Kargil Vijay Diwas issued a stern warning to Pakistan, saying it will get a ‘bloodier nose’ if it chooses to go into another war with India while advising the neighbouring country of not repeating such ‘misadventures’ Dras: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, saying it will get …

Kargil War: Meet the shepherd who warned the Army
5 years, 5 months ago

Kargil War: Meet the shepherd who warned the Army

India Today  

There was peace in the air. The Lahore Declaration had been signed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on February 21, 1999. The Pakistani infiltration in the Kargil sector was first reported by Tashi Namgyal, a local shepherd. Tashi Namgyal, now 56, lives in a small village called Gharkon near Batalik town some 60 …

Army to recreate victory scenes to mark 20th anniversary of Kargil war
5 years, 6 months ago

Army to recreate victory scenes to mark 20th anniversary of Kargil war

India TV News  

Twenty years after Indian troops recaptured several mountain tops overlooking the strategic Srinagar-Leh highway from Pakistani intruders, they will again scale the jagged heights and recreate the victory scenes to mark the anniversary of the Kargil war on July 26. People living along the Line of Control in the Batalik sector, where the intrusion by Pakistani troops was first detected …

Pakistan will not dare attempt Kargil-like infiltration in coming years: Army chief
5 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan will not dare attempt Kargil-like infiltration in coming years: Army chief

India TV News  

Pakistan will not dare to attempt to infiltrate India like it did Kargil in 1999 because it has "seen the consequences", Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday and asserted that the armed forces are keeping a tight watch in border areas. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event to commemorate 20 years of Operation …

20 years of Kargil War: How Indian soldiers retaliated and won
5 years, 6 months ago

20 years of Kargil War: How Indian soldiers retaliated and won

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: While Indian Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was trying to maintain peace in the South Asian region, and took a delegation comprising of statesmen and celebrities of India to Lahore, Pakistan's Army Chief Gen Parvesh Musharaff, without the knowledge and permission from his PM Nawaz Sharif, was planning something different, which ultimately resulted in the Kargil War. Read …

20 years of Kargil War: Facts about the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict
5 years, 6 months ago

20 years of Kargil War: Facts about the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Kargil war was one of the fiercest conflict between India and Pakistan. This year India will be celebrating 20 years of the Kargil War on July 26. Read | 20 years of Kargil War: How Major Wangchuk snatched back Chorbat La About the war - The Pakistani soldiers had positioned themselves at higher altitudes which gave them an …

Nothing Naya about Pakistan but India will never be the same
5 years, 10 months ago

Nothing Naya about Pakistan but India will never be the same

Firstpost  

The Balakot air strike shows that India has moved away from the policy of strategic restraint, a shift that will have enormous impact on the region and beyond. But India surprised everyone by dispatching 12 Mirages across the LoC to take out a Jaish camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The United States, the G-8 and even China …

Opinion | Imran should know from history that India never attacked Pakistan in the past
5 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Imran should know from history that India never attacked Pakistan in the past

India TV News  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today flatly denied any role of his country in the Pulwama killings and asked India to provide 'actionable evidence' of his country's hand in the suicide blast. This time, with the Pulwama killings, Pakistan has once again provoked India, and Prime Minister Modi has been left with no other option but to strike back. In …

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