Operation Vijay · Kargil, 1999

At the heights,
they stood.

The freedom we celebrate was held at these heights.

Begin the remembrance
  1. 01 The first patrol Captain Saurabh Kalia 4 JAT · Kaksar
  2. 02 The first patrol Sepoy Arjun Ram 4 JAT · Kaksar
  3. 03 The first patrol Sepoy Bhanwar Lal Bagaria 4 JAT · Kaksar
  4. 04 The first patrol Sepoy Bhika Ram 4 JAT · Kaksar
  5. 05 The first patrol Sepoy Moola Ram 4 JAT · Kaksar
  6. 06 The first patrol Sepoy Naresh Singh 4 JAT · Kaksar
  7. 07 Operation Safed Sagar Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja No. 17 Squadron · Kargil sector
  8. 08 The Tololing air mission Squadron Leader Rajiv Pundir 152 Helicopter Unit · Tololing
  9. 09 The Tololing air mission Flight Lieutenant S. Muhilan 152 Helicopter Unit · Tololing
  10. 10 The Tololing air mission Sergeant PVNR Prasad 152 Helicopter Unit · Tololing
  11. 11 The Tololing air mission Sergeant RK Sahu 152 Helicopter Unit · Tololing
  12. 12 The Batalik battles Major Mariappan Saravanan 1 Bihar · Batalik
  13. 13 The first Tololing assaults Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari 18 Grenadiers · Tololing
  14. 14 The first Tololing assaults Lieutenant Colonel R. Vishwanathan 18 Grenadiers · Tololing
  15. 15 Operation Thunderbolt Captain Haneef Uddin Army Service Corps / 11 Raj Rif · Turtuk
  16. 16 The capture of Tololing Major Vivek Gupta 2 Rajputana Rifles · Tololing
  17. 17 The Dras operations Major Ajay Singh Jasrotia 13 JAK Rif · Dras
  18. 18 The Knoll assault Major Padmapani Acharya 2 Rajputana Rifles · Tololing complex
  19. 19 The Black Rock assault Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse 2 Rajputana Rifles · Black Rock
  20. 20 The Knoll assault Captain Vijyant Thapar 2 Rajputana Rifles · Knoll
  21. 21 The Point 4812 assault Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum 12 JAK LI · Batalik
  22. 22 The Khalubar assault Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey 1/11 Gorkha Rifles · Khalubar Ridge
  23. 23 The Pimple II assault Captain Anuj Nayyar 17 JAT · Pimple II
  24. 24 The Point 4875 assault Captain Vikram Batra 13 JAK Rif · Point 4875

The names find their place

Every line returns to the mountain.

This wheel carries twenty-four names

The nation remembers every one.

This sequence is a narrative subset, not a ranking or a complete roll of honour. It remembers all who laid down their lives during Operation Vijay.

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