Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Indian soldiers displayed the ultimate valour in the inaccessible hills of the Himalayas during the Kargil War and forced the enemy army to kneel.
In a post on X, ” During the Kargil War, the brave soldiers displayed the ultimate valour in the inaccessible hills of the Himalayas and forced the enemy army to kneel and made the country proud by hoisting the Tricolour again in Kargil.”
“Today, on Kargil Vijay Diwas, I salute the brave soldiers who protected the motherland with their courage in this war,” he said in the post in Hindi.
Kargil Vijay Diwas, observed annually on July 26, commemorates the success of Operation Vijay in 1999.
During this conflict, Indian forces successfully reclaimed strategic positions in the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir that had been infiltrated by Pakistani soldiers and terrorists
