The Kargil War was fought from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Indian-administered Kashmir, after Pakistani soldiers and allied militants covertly crossed the Line of Control and occupied strategic high-altitude positions on the Indian side. Indian forces launched Operation Vijay to dislodge them, backed by air power, and gradually recaptured the peaks after months of grueling high-altitude combat. Under sustained international pressure, particularly from the United States, Pakistan withdrew its remaining forces, restoring the pre-conflict line and marking the first open armed conflict between India and Pakistan since both had become declared nuclear-weapon states in 1998.
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OutcomeIndian victory; India regained possession of Kargil 2 Classification
Death Toll Min Conflict Type Kargil War
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The Indian Army recaptured high-altitude positions from Pakistani infiltrators in the 1999 Kargil War
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1. Correlates of War Project: Correlates of War Inter-State War Data, version 4.0
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223,Kargil War,1,750,India,1,5,8,1999,7,17,1999,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,7,2,1,-8,474,4 223,Kargil War,1,770,Pakistan,2,5,8,1999,7,17,1999,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,7,1,2,-8,698,4
2. Kargil War - Wikipedia
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3 May - 26 July 1999 ()
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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LoC).
Lead section
fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999
Infobox, result
Indian victory
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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LoC).
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Under sustained international pressure, particularly from the United States, Pakistan withdrew its remaining forces, restoring the pre-conflict line and marking the first open armed conflict between India and Pakistan since both had become declared nuclear-weapon states in 1998.
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During the 1999 Kargil War, the Western and Eastern fleets were deployed in the Northern Arabian Sea, as a part of Operation Talwar.
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During the Kargil war in 1999, the IAF MiG-21s were pressed into combat air patrols and reconnaissance duties at high altitudes in Kashmir.
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