✦ History

Part of Kashmir conflict

Kargil War

May 3 – July 26, 1999 · Kargil, Ladakh

Result Indian victory

India drove Pakistani troops and militants from the heights they had occupied above Kargil in Ladakh.

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India
Pakistan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee belligerent leader Ved Prakash Malik military commander Anil Tipnis military commander
Pervez Musharraf military commander Nawaz Sharif belligerent leader Aziz Khan military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
30,000

India Killed c. 474

Strength
5,000

Pakistan Killed c. 698

Killed
c. 1,172

Units

Indian Army The Grenadiers Special Frontier Force Indian 8th Mountain Division (1999) 8th Gorkha Rifles Indian Navy Indian Air Force
111th Infantry Brigade (Pakistan) Chitral Scouts Northern Light Infantry (1999) Northern Light Infantry Regiment Pakistan Navy
X Corps (Pakistan) 7th Infantry Division (Pakistan) 8th Infantry Division (India) Frontier Force Regiment Punjab Regiment (Pakistan) Madras Engineer Group

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