#KargilDiary 4 July 1999 ; Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill - TopicsExpress



          

#KargilDiary 4 July 1999 ; Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after an 11-hour battle. Right 15 years back To conquer Tiger hill; three battalions of the Indian Army, that of 18 Grenadiers, 2 Naga and the 8th Sikh Regiment where chosen with support from the Indian Artillery. The total assault had taken over 200 troops while they received rear support from a further 2000 troops. The Grenadiers further sub-divided themselves into Alpha, Charlie and Ghatak companies when they carried out the assault on 3 July 1999 at 1715 hours to attack from the rear.Pakistani rangers had a doomed resistance under heavy Indian artillery shelling as they were eventually defeated when the Nagas and the Sikhs attacked from the left and the right flanks respectively. The whole 36 hour-operation resulted in Yogendra Singh Yadav of the Grenadiers gaining the highest military honour of the Indian Republic, the Param Vir Chakra Know More : 1.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Kargil 2.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grenadiers 3.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Regiment 4.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Regiment 5.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War 6.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogendra_Singh_Yadav
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 03:30:00 +0000

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