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 …
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 …
