Kargil Day is celebrated on 26 July each year in India to commemorate the sacrifices made by Army personnel during the 1999 Kargil War.
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The conflict, dubbed as ‘Operation Vijay’, was waged by India and Pakistan in the Kargil area of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Indian Army proclaimed a victorious conclusion to Operation Vijay on July 26, 1999, claiming victory after nearly three months of fighting on the snowy heights of Kargil. They retook the heights held by the Pakistan Army and raised the tricolour over the high-altitude area.
After the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, the two nations rarely participated in direct armed confrontations, despite the fact that both countries have constantly attempted to control the Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts on surrounding mountain peaks. This culminated in military clashes in the 1980s, which grew worse in the 1990s.
The nuclear tests undertaken by both India and Pakistan in 1998 exacerbated the situation. Just when it appeared that all was lost, both nations signed the Lahore Declaration in February 1999 to find a diplomatic resolution to the Kashmir dispute.
