Kargil Vijay Diwas posters to help celebrate India's victory in the Kargil War

Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrates successful completion of Operation Vijay. On July 26, 1999, India took over command of Kargil high post which h been captured by Pakistan. war wd on for 60 days and ended successfully on July 26. It h also resulted in loss of life on both sides but neless was won by India due to bravery of Indian soldiers.  

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Kargil Vijay Diwas hours all soldiers who sacrificed ir lives in war. This day is celebrated in tribute to every soldier who fought in war and also to commemorate memory of those 57 soldiers who lost ir lives. Usually on this day, Prime Minister of India pays tribute to all brave soldiers at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate, New Delhi. Or celebrations are also carried out in different parts of  country. 

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Kargil Vijay Diwas posters 

Kargil Vijay Diwas In-depth History 

When  Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ended, re was a hostile environment between India and Pakistan. As per reports, at that point, re were a lot of conflicts involving military force and Pakistan was also trying to gain control over Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts in neighbouring mountains in  1980s. During  1990s,  conflicts in Kashmir started increasing to a great extent, according to reports. Around same time, both India and Pakistan started testing ir nuclear weapons as well. In order to bring peace over this situation both countries signed  Lahore Declaration in February 1999 which was supposed to provide peaceful solutions to Kashmir conflict. 

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However, many reports at that time stated that Pakistan h secretly started training and sending ir troops on Indian side of line of control (LOC). project was named "Operation Br". Pakistan wanted to cut link between Kashmir and Lakh. ir strategy was that if link was cut, Indian forces would have to withdraw from Siachen Glacier which in turn would also force India to negotiate a deal on Kashmir dispute.

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Indian government responded to this by Operation Vijay, a mobilization of 200,000 Indian troops. war came to a victorious end on 26th July 1999. 57 brave soldiers from Indian Armed Forces lost ir lives during war. 

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