Kargil 1999: Victory Of The Young And The Bold | #kargilwar #kargil #india #pakistan

A quarter century ago, in the summer of 1999, Indians were glued to their television screens and radio sets, listening to daily stories of tragedies and triumphs of the young, bold and intrepid soldiers from the frontlines of Kargil, Dras and Batalik.

India’s first televised war had the entire population transfixed and engendered patriotism not seen for many years. India was of course caught by surprise by the tactically brilliant but strategically naive Pakistani Army and its Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf. A blame game erupted on advance warning or lack of it.

Intelligence or no intelligence, the Pakistani intrusions came as a big shock for the Indian Army. Till then its main focus was on counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir.

Ladakh was low on priority. From Zoji la to Batalik, troop deployment was thin, patrolling perfunctory and occasional. The concern was about terrorist infiltration from east of Zoji la towards the Kashmir valley.

Looking back, many mistakes were made in the Kargil war at different levels but what mattered in the end was India’s victory— it came at a significant cost - over 540 dead and many more injured.

8 Mountain Division, forever-in operation division, is now the permanent guardian of Western Ladakh. The LoC in this sector is fully secure now. Infrastructure has improved way beyond recognition. Batalik, Yaldor, Garkhun, Khalubar Kukarthang, areas that were not accessible in the summer of 1999 now have roads connecting the last posts.

Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale & a young team of camerapersons, supported by generosity of Bharat Forge, one of India’s leading industrial house, made two extensive trips to the sector to weave together this story of Kargil, looking at those challenging months through the eyes of half a dozen war veterans who had played a key role in winning what seemed an impossible victory against all odds.

Those who made the ultimate sacrifice will never come back but they will forever remain in our memory. The 25th anniversary of Kargil is as good an occasion as any to remember the brave hearts and imbibe the right lessons from the 50-day war 25 summers ago.

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[SUBRAMANIJOGHESOCKANBICKOLAN]

Myself also frontline battle field with Lt Gen Mohinder Puri great consolidation on recalling old memories even after 25 years of conflict. Thank you entire team. Jai hind

[raghavgautam]

In the summer of 99 when I was a kid perhaps in 6-7th standard. I remember Captain Sourabh Kalia’s body being taken to his home town through Bilaspur, Himachal. I went ahead in the midst of a sea of people. And I touched the body box carrying Capt. Kalia. I bowed down and touched it with my head. Cried. Kargil war gave us such memories of understanding what a country is. In more than one way. Listening to war time stories of Kargil gives us chills and makes us proud. That such is the mettle and professionalism of the soldiers guarding us. What a great documentary. Emotional kar diya ekdum. Thank you so much. 🙌🏻 Jai Hind. 🇮🇳

[hkpandey]

A very well made film series... will go a long way to ensure that the sacrifices made by the brave remain alive in our hearts forever...congratulations to Nitin and the entire Bharat Shakti team 👏👏

[sanjaykulkarni]

Brilliant recall and narration by all those who went through very very difficult operations. Extremely Proud of our Young Officers and men to lead from the front. Determined Senior Leadership made it possible for us to regain lost heights. Proud of our Armed Forces. Jai Hind

[balajiHN]

Thanks 🙏
Nitin ji
Karanji
Vashisht ji
Pawan ji &
Team of Bharat Shakti
The hero's of the summer 99 always remembered for generations.❤

[arkazmi-do]

Our soldiers, the real heroes, the real brave hearts still capture those hills as they never retreated and never gave up the fight and they are still there, buried in the soil with all their brave glory, still holding the tiger hill under their feet. Salute to cap. Ammar Hussain, capt. Farhat Haseeb Haider, col sher khan, maj. sohail Arif, cap. Sajid Hussain, maj wahab, brig. Anwari and all our brave hearts. May Allah accept their shahadat and raise their ranks in jannah.

[suryamukherji]

Hi Nitin,
You still look the same.
Great to see the report . You reported our action in Op Vijay at Batalik , spoke to me at length and then you met me later in Delhi when I was posted there .
Great to see Gen Puri as well .
Well done . Cheers .

[NiladriKumarChakraborty]

Let's remember the courage of our heroes who defended our nation. Their sacrifice is our strength. Let’s honour their memory. I along with my family members visited Kargil War Memorial given salute to our brave departed soldiers 🇮🇳🖖 Jai Hind.

[sachinanand]

Beautiful documentary and Salute to the brave soldiers!!!❤❤❤

[victorin]

Great content Nitin and team! I would love to hear more about the epic battles of Khalubar Kukarthan, Drass, 5140 and Tiger Hill. Each deserves its own episode.

[rkk]

Thankx...Jai Hind salute to our bravehearts...No one other than army families and officers can feel and understand this...God bless our Indian Army 🙏

[ramakrishnasuresh]

A moving description and a fitting tribute to the dare devil never say die brave hearts 25 years back. JAI HIND.🙏

[saurabhbhardwaj]

What an awesome documentary! It deserves an Award and all the recognition by the Indian Government and Indians.😢 Jai Hind! 🇮🇳

[AlphaOne]

What a great presentation Mr. Gokhale
Salute to you and your team for such great feature.
Jai hind

[sheetal]

Very well made documentary. Was great to see the interviews and first hand accounts of Kargil war veterans. Thanks.

[Juandinggong]

No matter how much you listen to this it never gets old.

[udaydebbarma]

My sincere salutations to the brave hearts who gave their lives for our future!

[pratexcovers]

the camaraderie each regiments has in Indian army is just commendable hats off

[anilanilsarin]

Thanks for this, Mr Gokhale. Learnt so much today. Above all, filled with gratitude to the brave hearts who gave their everything to keep us safe. Jai hind! Jai Hind ki sena!

[jespersails]

This one and the illustrations were a class job ! so well done 👍