Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on ________ every year.

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The correct answer is 26th July.

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Kargil Vijay Diwas
- Every year 26th July is observed as the Kargil Vijay Diwas.
- It is in the memory of the recapture of the Kargil hills after defeating the Pakistani troops in the Kargil district in the Ladakh division.
- The mission was named 'Operation Vijay' by the Indian Army, while the Air Force named it 'Operation Safed Sagar'.

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Operation Vijay
- In the year 1999, India and Pakistan signed the Lahore Agreement to mutually resolve the Kashmir issue in a peaceful manner.
- However, the Pakistani troops began infiltrating toward the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) under Operation Badr, hoping to cut off Indian Troops in Siachen.
- Indian Army responded by launching Operation Vijay.
- On 3rd May 1999, Pakistan started this war when it had infiltrated into the high altitudes in the rocky mountainous region of Kargil with around 5000 soldiers and captured it.
- When the Indian Government got the information about it, ‘Operation Vijay’ was launched by the Indian army to throw back the intruders who had treacherously occupied Indian Territory.