KARGIL AND ITS AFTERMATH
Kargil and its aftermath Introduction A Platoon after capturing a peak. 1999 was a very important year. Many back then awaited for the "millennium" and it was marked by many technological advancements like the arrival and popularity of feature-phones etc.For India too,1999 was very important and many Indians associate the year with Operation Vijay or Kargil war which was a more popular name for a series of incidents which happened over a span of around two months.Generally the regiments mobilised were the Infantry battalions which were acclimatised to the area along with field artillery units.The war was made and featured in movies like LOC Kargil,Lakshya and Mausam which showed the operations executed by the IAF to some extent. The movie Mausam shows the operation Safed Sagar which was used to capture Tiger Hill. The Kargil war was an armed conflict which to