Kargil Vijay Diwas  

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A retired soldier was beaten up in Uttar Pradesh by staff of a granite company just a day before the nation celebrated Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26

Eastern Army commander Lt General MM Naravane stated that Pakistan did not learn its lesson while paying tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil war at a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at Fort William.

 
 

Defence minister Rajnath Singh was addressing Parliament on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil conflict. The House paid tribute to Indian soldiers who drove out enemy forces and reclaimed Kargil district.

Army officers celebrated Kargil Vijay Diwas by paying tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil war at the war memorial in Batala.

July 26, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas wherein India tasted victory against Pakistan. INS Parundu situated in Ramanathapuram has been opened for public viewing.

It took repeated requests from current Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the Congress government to start celebrating Kargil Vijay Diwas in 2009

20 years after the Kargil War, Army men recall the wonderful victory that India tasted in 1999 against Pakistan

According to a defence spokesperson, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir

More than 2000 naval personnel and their family members were seen participating in a 'Health Walk' to commence Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations at Eastern Naval Command (ENC)

According to a press release by the Ministry of Defence, the celebrations in the National Capital will begin on July 14 with the illumination of a 'Victory Flame' from the National War Memorial in New Delhi

Squadron leader Ajay Ahuja hailed from Kota in Rajasthan. He was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the IAF on June 14, 1985, as a fighter pilot. Over fourteen years in various squadrons of the IAF, he served as an operational pilot on MiG-21 variants and on the MiG-23 fighter bomber

It was BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who raised the issue in Parliament in 2009 and ensured that the war heroes were remembered every year on 26 July.

Kuldeep’s family had received a phone call from him where he said he will be home on 16 July, 2000. However, tragedy struck and Kuldeep was martyred fighting the enemy in Operation Rakshak, on 13 July. His body arrived home on 16 July. The grieving family received Kuldeep’s letter three days later, on 19 July. He had written the letter on the same day when he was martyred.