During Kargil War Param Vir Charka (PVC) awardee martyr Captain Vikram Batra launched a daredevil assault on the enemy, personally killing four intruders in a hand-to-hand fight. After heavy fighting, "Point 5140" was finally captured on 20th June 1999.
To commemorate the victory of the Indian Armed Forces and pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice of the Gunners in Operation Vijay, Point 5140 at Dras, in Kargil sector, has been christened as “Gun Hill”.
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NEW DELHI, July 17: India today strongly pressed for early disengagement of troops from all the remaining friction points in Eastern Ladakh at the 16th round of high-level military talks with China, which took place after a gap of over four months. In the discussions that lasted for around 12-and-a-half hours, the Indian delegation also insisted on the restoration of the status quo ante as of April 2020 — before the start of the military standoff, people familiar with the […]