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Remembering the brave: Tributes flow in for martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas

Remembering the brave: Tributes flow in for martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-07-26 04:49 GMT
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar & all three service chiefs pay tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti (Photo: Twitter)
In the conflict, the Indian Army lost 490 officers, soldiers and jawans. (Photo: Twitter)
The Kargil war, which began in May 1999, lasted for more than two months before Pakistani soldiers, a bulk of them
 drawn from its Northern Light Infantry, and irregulars withdrew from the mountain tops they had occupied overlooking the Srinagar-Leh
The Kargil Diwas reminds us of the valour and sacrifices of the Indian armed forces, the Prime Minister said. (Photo: Twitter)
"I salute the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the beloved nation," he tweeted. (Photo: Twitter)
On Vijay Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the Indian armed forces, and hailed their valour and sacrifice which was demonstrated in the Kargil conflict in 1999. (Photo: Twitter)
Remembering the brave: Tributes flow in for martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas

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