The one who commits a mistake once is a human being; the one who commits a mistake twice is a devil.
The one who commits a mistake again and again is Pakistan, and the one who forgives every mistake is Hindustan.
The above passage is absolutely correct on India-Pakistan relations. Pakistan has been a headache for India since the partition of 1947. In 1971, a war broke out between India and Pakistan, in which the Indian Army achieved a historic victory by making 93000 soldiers of the Pakistan Army surrender, as a result of which Pakistan was divided into two parts, one of which became East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and the other West Pakistan.
While reviewing his defeat, the Pakistan Army Chief Zia-ul-Haq made a plan to cut India into 1000 pieces under a proxy war, under which anti-national activities started in the 70s, in which the Khalistan movement or the Kashmir movement was the main one. In the 90s, both the neighbouring countries became nuclear capable, a matter of concern for the world. To improve the relations between India and Pakistan and to maintain peace, former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with his 11-member group, on February 21 1999, in Lahore, Pakistan, the leaders of both countries signed the Lahore Treaty Declaration and expressed their desire to strengthen trade, cultural and religious relations between India and Pakistan. But in March 1999, Pakistan Army General Pervez Musharraf and ISI Chief Iqtar Ahmed Bhat together rejected this agreement and infiltrated into the Kargil district of the Indian border and started ‘Operation Badr’.
On May 15 1999, the Indian Army sent five-member squads under the leadership of Captain Saurav Kalia to investigate the infiltrators and patrol the district, but the enemy who had infiltrated suddenly attacked the patrolling party, due to which all of them were martyred. The intruders attacked Kargil district on May 19 1999, the main target of which was the Indian Army’s weapon depot. After this attack, the Indian Army suffered a loss of Rs 125 crore in a single day. The Pakistan Army illegally occupied 140 posts of the Indian Army in the Kargil district and deployed about 2500 soldiers. The Indian Army started ‘Operation Vijay’ on May 19 1999.
On May 20, the Gorkha Regiment, Rajput Regiment and 18 Grenadiers of the Indian Army were sent to the Drass sector of Kargil district. After hoisting the Indian tricolour on the hills named Tololin Point, Point 4590, Point 5140, and Point 5410 in the Drass sector, they climbed the Tiger Hill peak, which is called the pride of Kargil. Tiger Hill, which is called the crown of Kargil, is at an altitude of 18,000 feet, where the Indian Army attacked from three different places on May 22 under the leadership of Captain Vikram Batra. This attack caused heavy damage to the Pakistan Army, but Captain Vikram Batra attained martyrdom. The last attack of the Indian Army on Tiger Hill was made by the soldiers with Bofors guns on July 3 1999, at 5:15 pm. Frightened by this deadly attack, the Pakistan Army fled from Indian land.
The Eastern and Western Naval Commanders of the Indian Navy launched ‘Operation Talwar’ on May 25 1999. The main objective of the attack was to destroy the trade and oil exchange coasts of Pakistan. According to Nawaz Sharif, who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of the war, after the attack by the Indian Navy, Pakistan had only 6 days of material and ammunition left. To help the Indian Army in the Kargil war and to destroy Pakistan hiding at high altitudes, the Indian Air Force launched Operation Safed Sagar on May 26 1999. The decisive direction to the war was given by the Indian Air Force’s aircraft Mirage-2000. India had purchased this aircraft from France. The Pakistani army could not stand in front of the laser-guided missiles and fled, leaving the Indian posts, as a result of which the Indian Army won the entire Kargil district. The complete victory of the Kargil War was declared by the Indian forces on July 26, and this day is known as Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Media is an important link between the government and the public in any nation. Proving this fact, the Indian media fearlessly presented all the activities of the Kargil war in front of the nation, due to which the whole nation stood united and unanimously with the Indian forces. War occurs only between two armies, and the entire country and its citizens have to suffer consequences. After the Kargil war, the real face of Pakistan and its terrorist activities came in front of the whole world, India benefited from this, they rejected all the proponents of the Kashmir issue sent by Pakistan in the United Nations.
Finally, while ending my article, I salute all those brave warriors and their families and present the last lines –
Our tricolour is not waving because the wind is blowing, but it is waving with the last breath of the martyred soldiers.
