July 26, 2020, marks the 21st anniversary of Indian armed forces’ successful operation in the Kargil sector of Kashmir against the Pakistani army and militants in what is known as ‘Operation Vijay’.
The anniversary is observed each year across the nation to show respect and gratitude to the brave servicemen of the armed forces who laid down their lives to re-capture all positions that had been seized by the Pakistan Army.
The Pakistani army and other subversives entered the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) under Operation Badr in 1999. Operation Vijay saw the mobilization of about 2,00,000 Indian troops and brought an immediate and final end to the struggle by recapturing all the previously lost posts and forcing the Pakistani troops to retreat back home.
The Indian cricket fraternity took to Twitter to pay tributes to the 527 martyrs and many others who gave lives to keep this nation safe from the enemy and also to celebrate the Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Here are the tweets:
