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State pays homage to its own Kargil War martyrs
Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies
Imphal, July 27 2019:
As the country observed the 20th Kargil Vijay Diwas, the sacrifices of five soldiers from Manipur can be recalled here with fond memories.
Manipur too had its share of martyrs in the Kargil War, men who proudly laid down their lives for the country The five Manipuri soldiers were Sepoy K Ashuli Mao of the Naga Regiment, who was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra.
The other four soldiers were Sepoy Chara Nicholas, Naik Kaleshwor, Ng Beningvir Moyon and Sepoy LNK S Germinthang.
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The Kargil War took place between India and Pakistan during May-July, 1999.The conflict was triggered after Pakistani soldiers managed to occupy key positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control in Kargil sector.
The war officially came to an end on July 26, 1999.In the summer of 1999, it was on the western edge of Drass with rocky and barren Himalayan peaks that India and Pakistan fought their last war.
That year, Pakistan's military and Kashmiri rebels occupied strategic positions on the Indian side of the de facto border between them (known as the Line of Control or LoC), prompting a counteroffensive by India.
The Kargil war, as it came to be known, lasted for nearly three months, killed more than 500 Indian and nearly 400 Pakistani soldiers, and ended with India successfully pushing back Pakistani fighters to the other side of the LoC.
Every year since 1999, the Indian army has marked July 26 - the day the Kargil war ended - as "Vijay Diwas" (Victory Day).
On Thursday, Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat was in Kargil, where he warned Pakistan not to repeat such incursion "any time, anywhere" .
"They [Pakistan] did not appreciate the will and the intent of the Indian political establishment and the Indian armed forces that they will never allow them to succeed," he said.
"My warning to Pakistan [is]: do not ever repeat such misadventure anytime in the future anywhere.
Do not think of it," he said.
Until 1999, Indian and Pakistani soldiers manning the mountain-top posts had an unwritten winter armistice on the inhospitable Kargil frontier.
Both sides abandoned front line posts during the harsh winters when temperatures plunged.
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