KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS (Syllabus: GS Paper 3 – Internal Security)

Context: 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated on 26 July 2024 with great pride and fervour across the country.

Kargil Vijay Diwas

• About: It has been named after the success of Operation Vijay.

oOperation Vijay (1999): the Indian operation to push back infiltrators in the Kargil War

oOn this auspicious day, Indian Armed Forces successfully reclaimed the command of the high outposts which were treacherously occupied by Pakistani soldiers in 1999 in Kargil.

About Kargil war:

• Beginning: The conflict was triggered when infiltrators from Pakistan crossed the LoC and occupied high positions in Ladakh’s Kargil district.
• Kargil War: The Kargil war was a three-month long skirmish between India and Pakistan. It commenced in May 1999 when approx. 1500 Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian Territory in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir with an aim of severing link between Kashmir and Ladakh.
• End: The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days and ended on 26 July 1999 with gallant victory for India.
• Operation Safed Sagar: It was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force’s strike to support the Ground troops during Kargil war.
• Other Operation Vijay: Operation Vijay (1961), the operation by the Military of India that led to the capture of Goa.