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A national highway (NH1) connects Srinagar to Leh passing through
Kargil. The infiltration happened along this road.
• Pakistani infiltrators occupied about 130-200 sq kms of Indian territory.
• Operation Vijay saw the mobilisation of some 30,000 troops.
• Operation Safed Sagar was the Indian Air Force's effort to help the ground forces in combat.
•; The Pakistani infiltrators had small arms, grenade launchers, mortars, artillery and anti-aircraft guns.
• The recapturing of the hills overlooking NH1 and win at Tololing tilted the war in India's favour.
• The Howitzer guns, till now infamous in India due to the Bofors scandal, helped the Indian Army in a big way.
• The Indian Air Force used laser-aided bombs to attack well-protected hide-outs of infiltrators.
• Some combats were carried out in freezing night temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius.
• Pakistan wanted to use nuclear weapons but backed out after Bill Clinton's intervention.
• Pakistan agreed to pull out following the Clinton-Sharif meeting on July 4. However, jihadi groups continued the fighting.
• The combat stopped on July 26, which was then marked as Kargil Vijay Diwas.
• Though denying it at first, Pakistan confirmed its role in the war by giving gallantry awards to its soldiers.
• Four Indian soldiers received the Param Vir Chakra, while two Pakistanis received Nishan-e-Haider, the highest gallantry awards in the two nations.
• According to Nawaz Sharif, more than 4,000 Pakistani soldiers died in the war. India put its figures at less than 550.
