Kargil War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	May 1999 - July 26, 1999
Location	Kashmir • Kargil
Participants	India • Pakistan
Context	India-Pakistan conflict

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Kargil War Memorial in Dras, India

Guns positioned during the Kargil War between India and Pakistan, 1999.

A walkway lined with Indian flags leads to the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh, with mountains in the background and a sign reading Vijay Path on the right.

Two distressed people sit amid ruins; behind them is a partitioned, color-coded map of India overlaid on destroyed urban buildings.

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