What the records say
- When
- 1999
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.48° N, 75.66° E
- Description
- battle of the Kargil War
Battle of Tiger Hill
Battle during the Kargil War
The Battle of Tiger Hill encompasses the battles fought in and around the peak of Tiger Hill between the Indian Army and Pakistani Army from the final week of May till second week of June 1999, during the Kargil War. The battle, with the concomitant battle for the adjoining peak of Tololing, culminated in Indian forces capturing Tiger Hill. The Tiger Hill area, including Point 5100, is to the west of Tololing.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “India says it has recaptured the strategic Tiger Hill on its side of a military line of control in Kashmir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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