well come to Indian army.
the Indian army is the land -based branch and largest component of the Indian armed forces, making it the world s second -largest army and the fourth most powerful military globally .the president of India is the supreme commander of the Indian army ,and its professional head is the chief of the army staff (COAS) . the Indian army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the east Indian company ,which too were absorbed into it in 1903. some princely states maintained their own armies which formed the imperial service troops which ,along with the armed forces of the Indian empire . the imperial service troops were merged into the Indian army after independence .the units and regiments of the Indian army have diverse histories and have participated in several battles and campaigns around the world , earning many battle and theatre honours before and after independence.
Kargilin war (1999)
in 1998,india carried out nuclear tests; and a few days later, Pakistan responded with nuclear tests of its own , giving both countries nuclear deterrence capability, although Indian had tested a hydrogen bomb ,which Pakistan lacked . diplomatic tensions eased after the Lahore summit was held in 1999 .however, the sense of optimism was short -lived . in mid- 1999, Pakistani paramilitary forces and Kashmiri insurgents captured the deserted , but strategic ,Himalayan heights in the Kargil district of India .these had been vacated by the Indian army during the onset of the inhospitable winter and were to be reoccupied in spring . the troops that control of these areas received important support ,of both arms and supplies ,from Pakistan .some of the heights under their control , which also included the tiger hill, overlooked the vital Srinagar - leg highway ,highway datalike, and dras.
once the scale of the Pakistan incursion was realise, the Indian army quickly mobilised about 200,000 troops ,and operation Vijay was launched . however ,sine the was height s were under Pakistan control ,Indian was at a clear strategic disadvantage . form their observation posts ,the Pakistan forces had a clear line - of - sight to lay down indirect artillery fire on NM 1A , inflictfing heavy casualties on the Indians . this was a serious problem casualties on the indian army as the highway was its main supply route . thus, the in Indian army's priority was to recapture peaks near NH -1A .this resulted in indian troops first targeting the tiger hill and tololing complex in dras. this was soon followed by more attacks on the batalik - turtok sub - sector ,which provided access to siachen view of of the NM 1A ,was successfully recaptured by Indian forces on 14 june.
though most of the posts in the vicinity of the highway were cleared of the enemy by -june,some posts near dras endured sporadic shelling until the end of war. once the NM 1A area was cleared ,the indian army turned
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