Sharpshooter12
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If your argument is based on the fact that Gorkhas or Ladhakis are more accustomed to arctic weather and mountainous terrain then that can be considered valid to some extent as our own NLI (Northern Light Infantry) a para military unit at the time of Kargil and mostly drawn from our Gilgit-Baltistan area out preformed many of India's elite infantry units. Mainly because of the fact they were accustomed to the terrain and weather they were fighting in.^^^
Problem is when it comes to India, Pak has always lost, history has proven that regardless of the nature of the misadventure, all the Pak forces who fought against India were taught a hefty lesson. Hence Gorkhas/ Ladhakis etc. outperformed Pakistani native forces and cannot be put in the same light. Let's not compare the Gilgit people to Gorkhas, the native folk of Gilgit are unknown while the Gorkhas have a fierce reputation world over. As for the Spetnaz, it was only possible because of direct help from the US. Many of the clever ambushes were possible due to direct actionable intel from the CIA as well as advanced weapons.
Don't bring the race into this, otherwise we can argue that most of the martial races of sub-continent actually live on this side of the border. That was the reason behind heavy recruitment of British Indian Army done from the present Pakistani Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa regions. For example at the start of the First World War the 54 percent of the Indian Army was either Punjabi or Pathan. If you exclude the Gorkhas provided by the independent state of Nepal (not from India) the percentage of Punjabis and Pathans go up to 62 percent.