Operation Vijay Begins
The Mountains Call the Nation
In the summer of 1999, the high mountains of Kargil became the stage of one of the most difficult, courageous and defining military campaigns fought by independent India. These were not ordinary mountains. They were vast, cold and unforgiving heights rising above the valleys of Dras, Kargil, Mushkoh, Batalik and the remote northern reaches towards Turtuk. Their slopes were formed from loose rock, narrow ledges and near-vertical cliffs. Their ridgelines stood exposed to icy…
