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Kargil
Vijay Diwas

They came from every corner of this country.

0 bravehearts, across 156 regiments, remembered here.

Operation Vijay · 1999

Eighty-four days, straight up

013 – 18 May · 1999

The Intrusion

By the time anyone understood the scale of it, the heights were already lost.

  • 3 MayShepherds report intruders on the ridgelines above Kargil.
  • 5 MayA patrol is sent to check. It does not come back. Five soldiers killed.
  • 10 MayInfiltration confirmed across Dras, Kaksar and Mushkoh. Not a raid, an occupation.
3,280m

The valley floor

3,280 m
The valley floor
4,590 m
Tololing
5,140 m
Point 5140
5,062 m
Tiger Hill
The summit
Every peak returned

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156 units·527 bravehearts

The regiments of Kargil.

Tap a regiment to see its soldiers' rank, operation and service number.