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Kargil War
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Kargil War
Part of theIndo-Pakistani Wars
An IndianBofors155 mmhowitzer field gun being repositioned during the war.
Date
May-July 1999
Location
Kargildistrict,Kashmir 
Result
India regains possession of Kargil
Territorialchanges
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
 Indiaa.Pakistan, b. Kashmirisecessionists,c. Islamic militants("Foreign Fighters")
 
Strength
30,0005,000
Casualties and lossesIndian Official Figures:
527 killed,
[1][2][3]
1,363 wounded
[4]
1 POW
Pakistani Estimates:
(II)
357 - 4,000 killed
[5][6]
(Pakistan troops)665+ soldiers wounded
[5]
8POW.
[7]
[show]
 
Indo-Pakistani warsand conflicts
1947 
·
 Operation Gibraltar  
·
 1965 
·
1971 
·
 Siachen 
·
Operation Brasstacks 
·
Kashmir (Operation Rakshak) 
·
 
Kargil
 
·
 Atlantique IncidentThe
Kargil War
, also known as the
Kargil conflict
,
(I)
 was anarmed conflictbetweenIndiaand Pakistanthat took place between May and July 1999 in theKargildistrict of Kashmir . The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmirimilitantsinto positions on theIndian side of theLine of Control(LOC), which serves as the
de facto
border between the twostates. During and directly after the war, Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independentKashmiri insurgents, but documents left behind bycasualtiesand later statements by Pakistan'sPrime Minister andChief of Army Staff showed involvement of Pakistaniparamilitaryforces, led by GeneralAshraf Rashid. TheIndian Army, supported by theIndian Air Force, attacked the Pakistani positions and, with internationaldiplomaticsupport, eventually forced withdrawal of the Pakistani forces across the LOC.The war is one of the most recent examples of high altitude warfare in mountainous terrain,  which posed significantlogisticalproblems for the combating sides. This was only the seconddirect ground war between any two countries after they had developednuclear weapons,after theSino-Soviet border conflictof 1969; it is also the most recent. (India and Pakistan both test- detonatedfissiondevices in May 1998, thoughthe first Indian nuclear testwas conducted in 1974.) The conflict led to heightened tension between the two nations and increased defencespending by India. In Pakistan, the aftermath caused instability of thegovernmentand theeconomy, and, onOctober 12,1999, a 
coup d'etat 
  by the military placed army chief PervezMusharraf in power.
Contents
 
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1 Location
2 Background
3 War progress
3.1 Occupation by Pakistan
3.2 India discovers infiltration and mobilizes
3.3 India attacks Pakistani Positions
3.4 Withdrawal and final battles
4 World opinion
5 Impact and influence of media
6 WMDs and the nuclear factor 
7 Aftermath
7.1 India
7.2 Pakistan
8 Kargil War in the arts
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Location
Location of the conflictBefore thePartition of Indiain 1947,Kargilwas part of theBaltistandistrict of Ladakh,a sparsely populated region with diverse linguistic, ethnic and religious groups, living in isolatedvalleys separated by some of the world's highest mountains. TheFirst Kashmir War (1947–48)concluded with theLine of Control(LOC) bisecting the Baltistan district, with the town and
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