The Kargil Conflict

[Abingdonboy]

The government of Pakistan awarded Captain Karnal Sher Khan with Nishan-e-Haider, the country's highest gallantry award. Captain Karnal Sher Khan was posthumously awarded Pakistan's highest gallantry award, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his actions during the Kargil Conflict with India in 1999, on the recommendation of the Indian Army

Source,source, source, that's all you guys say but then you throw your stories out without one. I think we can ALL agree (hopefully) that there are brave men in ALL armies, I asked the original question, if your minds can go that far back, just to find out about ONE brave INDIAN soldier, and now look at it some Pakistani members have started bringing their war heros into the thread, Indian members are getting all worked up. There is no need we have solved the mystery Of Bhana Singh, a great man. End of story.

And I'm sorry but I would have let this go but since you've emboldened it to make it stand out (

on the recommendation of the Indian Army

) surely this just shows the integrity and honour of the Indian army as opposed to:

Aftermath
[edit] India
Indian PM A.B.Vajpayee flashes the V sign after the Parliamentary elections in which his coalition emerged the victors. His handling of the Kargil crisis is believed to have played a big part in garnering the votes.

From the end of the war until February 2000, the Indian stock market rose by over 30%. The next Indian national budget included major increases in military spending.

There was a surge in patriotism, with many celebrities expressing their support for the Kargil cause.[86] Indians were angered by media reports of the death of pilot Ajay Ahuja, especially after Indian authorities reported that Ahuja had been murdered and his body mutilated by Pakistani troops. The war had produced higher than expected fatalities for the Indian military, with a sizeable percentage of them including newly commissioned officers. One month after conclusion of the Kargil war, the Atlantique Incident - where a Pakistan Navy plane was shot down by India - briefly reignited fears of a conflict between the two countries.

Kargil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now I don't want this to be offensive, I'm sure that this was only a small number of soldiers and an isolated incident, but since you highlighted that I thought I would highlight something else for you.

Oh and another thing this award was it before or after the Pakistani side refused to accept the bodies of its fallen men?

 

[kartika]

happy kargil vijay divas,on 26th july 2011.
salute to the martyrs.

LieutenantManoj Kumar Pandey
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
Captain Anuj Nayyar
Captain Amol Kalia
Captain Aditya Mishra
[[Captain Haneefuddin
[[Captain Jerry Premrajma
[[Captain Jintu Gogoi
[[Captain L Clifford Nongrum
Captain P.V.Vikram
Captain Vikram Batra
Deputy Commander Sukhbir Singh Yadav
Driver-Soldier Gopinath Moharana
Flight Engineer Raj Kishore Sahoo
Flight Lieutanant S Muhilan
Grenadiar Amardeep
Grenadiar Bajinder Singh
Grenadiar Mohan Katha
Grenadiar Munish Kumar
Grenadiar Raj Kumar
Havaldar Abdul Karim
Havaldar Beejay Singh
Havaldar Daler Singh Bahu
Havaldar Jai Prakash Singh
Havaldar Khazan Singh
Havaldar Padam Singh Dhama
Havaldar Ram Kumar
Havaldar Sarwan Singh Se
ngar Havaldar Surendra Singh
Havaldar Sultan Singh Narwari
s Havaldar Tan Bahadur Chhetri
Havaldar Tsweang Rigzin
Havaldar Yashvir Singh
Jawan Arvind Kumar Pandey
Lance Havaldar Ramkumar
Lance Havaldar Samandar Singh Hooda
Lance Naik Ahmed Ali
Lance Naik Balwan Singh
Lance Naik Bijender Singh
Lance Naik Eknath Khairnar
Lance Naik Gurmail Singh
Lance Naik Hera Singh
Lance Naik Keshan Singh
Lance Naik Madan Singh
Lance Naik Manas Ranjan Sahu
Lance Naik Om Prakash
Lance Naik Rakesh Chand
Lance Naik Ram Kumar Pradhan
Lance Naik Surianam Singh
Lance Naik Shankar Shinde
Lance Naik T.S.Jaswant Singh
Lieutanant Haneef Uddin
Lieutanant Neikezhakou Kengurusie
Lieutanant Sourav Kalia
Lieutanant Vijayant Thapar
Lieutanant Col R.Vishwanathan
Major Ajay Singh Jasrotia
Major Kamlesh Prasad
Major Padmapani Acharya
Major Parmanand
Major Rajesh S. Adhikari
Major Vivek Gupta
Naik Anand singh
Naik Bharat Singh
Naik Birender Singh Lamba
Naik Buta Singh
Naik Chaman Singh
Naik Dharam Singh
Naik Ganesh Prasad Yadav
Naik Guardian Mekh Bahadur Gurung
Naik Jagat Singh
Naik Kasmir Singh
Naik Krishan Pal
Naik Mangat Singh
Naik Narayana Rao Desai
Naik Nirmal Singh
Naik R. Kamaraj
Naik Raj Kumar Punia
Naik Rakesh Chand
Naik Ram Swarup
Naik Sachidananda Malik
Naik Samunder Singh
Naik Shatrughan Singh
Naik Shiv Vasayya
Naik Surendra Singh
Naik Surendra Pal
Naik Surjeet Singh
Naik Subedar Lal Chand
Naik Vikram Singh
Naik Yoginder Singh
Rifleman Ansuya Prasad Dhayani
Rifleman Bachan Singh
Rifleman Dabal Singh
Rifleman Dilwar Singh
Rifleman Jaideep Singh
Rifleman Kuldeep Singh
Rifleman Linkon Pradhan
Rifleman Mohammed Aslam
Rifleman Mohammed Farid
Rifleman Rattan Chand
Rifleman Shaukat Hussain Kalgam
Rifleman Sunil Jungt Mahat
Rifleman Varinder Lal
Rifleman Vikram Singh
Rifleman Guardian Johar Singh
Rifleman Guardian Sarvan Kumar
Sergeant PVNR Prasad
Sergeant Raj Kishore Sahu
Sepoy Ajmer Singh
Sepoy Amardeep Singh
Sepoy Anil Kumar
Sepoy Arjun Ram
Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey
Sepoy Bajinder Singh
Sepoy Bhanwar Lal Bagaria
Sepoy Bhikaram
Sepoy Chara Nicholas
Sepoy Dharambir Singh
Sepoy Dineshkumar Vaghela
Sepoy Gangching Konyak
Sepoy Gazpal Singh
Sepoy Gopinath Mohrana
Sepoy Harendragiri Goswami
Sepoy Jugal Kishore
Sepoy Har Prasad
Sepoy Karan Singh
Sepoy Keolanand Dwivedi
Sepoy Kewal Anand
Sepoy Khem Raj
Sepoy Krishan Kumar
Sepoy Moola Ram
Sepoy Naresh Singh
Sepoy Pramod Kumar
Sepoy Rajinder
Sepoy Rajvir Singh
Sepoy Raswinder Singh
Sepoy Satvir Singh
Sepoy Satnam Singh
Sepoy Senthil
Sepoy Shaikh Mastan Wali
Sepoy Sheesh Ram
Sepoy Shiv Shankar Prasad Gupta
Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh
Sepoy Suresh Chhetri
Sepoy Suresh Kumar
Sepoy Varinder Kumar
Sepoy Vijaypal Singh
Signalman Rajan Sahu
Signalman Vinod Kumar
Subedar Bhanwar Lal
Subedar Harpaul Singh
Subedar Lal Singh
Subedar K. Medappa
Subedar Randhir Singh
Subedar Sumer Singh Rathore
Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
Squadron Leader Rajiv Pundir
Squadron Leader Lal Singh
Squadron Leader Ojha
Zrfn Man Singh
Kaushal Yadav

vande matharam!

salute to the lives lost from both sides!
may the souls of the real heroes rest.in.peace.

p.s:this old thread has been re-alived as per the instruction of the moderatos.please don't troll.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Abindonboy.

The source is here

Captain Karnal Sher Khan shaheed :

Karnal Sher Khan (1970–1999) (Urdu: کرنال شیر خا&#1606 was a Pakistani Army officer and one of only 10 recipients of Pakistan's highest gallantry award, the Nishan-e-Haider. He was a Captain in the 12 Northern Light Infantry (NLI) and, previously in 27 Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan........

The government of Pakistan awarded Captain Karnal Sher Khan with Nishan-e-Haider, the country's highest gallantry award. Captain Karnal Sher Khan was posthumously awarded Pakistan's highest gallantry award, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his actions during the Kargil Conflict with India in 1999, on the recommendation of the Indian Army.
Captain Karnal Sher Khan shaheed : colonel sher khan shaheed ~ PUKHTOONS

The Award and last tour of duty

Captain Karnal Sher was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for his daring actions and services to his country during the Kargil Conflict with India in 1999, on the recommendation of the Indian Army. Indian army shelled across the line of control which summoned response from regular Pakistan army units thus pitching Karnal Sher in action.
Karnal Sher Khan | The Pathans

Google and it is full of such information.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

In the Indian Army, we respect courage and valour even of our enemies.

Not only did we recognise the bravery of Capt Kernel Sher Khan in the Kargil War, we also recognised in 1971 the Colonel's action as below:

Colonel Mohammed Akram Raja's bravery, who was awarded Hilal-i-Jurat by the Pakistan Government on the basis of a citation written by Lieutenant Colonel, Ved Airy, who was Commanding Officer, 3 Grenadiers, Indian Army. The Pakistani Colonel lead the counter attack of his battalion and was killed!
Battle of Basantar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was probably the first time in the history of wars, that an enemy recommended a soldier for an award. Colonel Mohammed Akram Raja was awarded Hilal-i-Jurat by the Pakistan Government on the basis of a citation written by Lieutenant Colonel, Ved Airy, who was Commanding Officer, 3Grenediars, Indian Army
Battle of Basantar Summary | BookRags.com

 

[Avishek]

We are proud of our braveheart army men

 

[Black Widow]

We are proud of our braveheart army men

Yes we are proud of it, But in my view It was a useless/Unnecessary war waged on us.

 

[kartika]

Yes we are proud of it, But in my view It was a useless/Unnecessary war waged on us.

to fighback was neccessary.

 

[kartika]

we should also remeber the loses from our air force too.
we lost one mi-8 helicopter (shot down by stinger sam) in which entire four member crew was dead,
one mig-27 (lost due to engine failure;pilot taken PoW),and a mig 21 which went in search of the mig-27,without waiting to be equiped with weapons or counter measures.it was shot down by stinger sam.the pilot safely ejected out but was killed by pakistani troops .
squadron leader ajay ahuja,pilot of the mig-21

 

[kartika]

Kambampati Nachiketa

he was the pilot of the downed mig-27 which went down due to engine flame out.he ejected safely and managed to evade pak troops for 3 hours but was finally caught by pak patrol troops.he spend about 1 week as a PoW.

Nachiketa is currently a Wing Commander and flies Illyushin-78 mid air refuller transport aircraft with No.78 Squadron, Indian Air Force stationed at Agra. He was transferred to Transports due to the injuries he sustained during para-landing and the physical hardships during captivity.

 

[LiberalAtheist]

Manoj Pandey

Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Panday took part in a series of boldly led attacks during ‘operation Vijay; forcing back the intruders with heavy losses in Batalik including the capture of Jabbar Top. On the night of 2/3 July 1999 during the advance to Khalubar as his platoon approached its final objective, it came under heavy and intense enemy fire from the surrounding heights. Lieutenant Pandey was tasked to clear the interfering enemy positions to prevent his battalion from getting day lighted, being in a vulnerable position. He quickly moved his platoon to an advantageous position under intense enemy fire, sent one section to clear the enemy positions from the right and himself proceeded to clear the enemy positions from the left. Fearlessly assaulting the first enemy position, he killed two enemy personnel and destroyed the second position by killing two more. He was injured on the shoulder and legs while clearing the third position. Undaunted and without caring for his grievous injuries, he continued to lead the assault on the fourth position urging his men and destroyed the same with a grenade, even as he got a fatal burst on his forehead. This singular daredevil act of Lieutenant Pandey provided the critical firm base for the companies, which finally led to capture of Khalubar. The officer, however, succumbed to his injuries.
Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey, thus, displayed most conspicuous bravery, indomitable courage, outstanding leadership and devotion to duty and made the supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.


RIP Jai JAWAN!!!!!!!