Monday, July 25, 2011: Army today began the two-day celebrations of the 12th anniversary of 1999 Kargil war victory with a host of events at the Pangode Military Station here.A two-minute silence was observed by the participants to pay tribute to the officers and soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the battle. Pangode station Commander, Pradeep Narayanan paid floral tributes at the war memorial.
Kargil War, which began in May 1999, lasted more than two months before Pakistan soldiers, a bulk of them drawn from its Northern Light Infantry, and irregulars withdrew from the mountain tops it had occupied overlooking the Srinagar-Leh highway.
In the battles, Indian Army lost 490 officers and soldiers, many of whom were posthumously honoured with gallantry awards.
The Drass town, 150 kms from summer capital Srinagar, was a major battle zone in the summer of 1999 and rose to prominence in the aftermath of the war for being associated with the Tiger Hill and Tololing Hill.
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