On Kargil Vijay Diwas, amid the many brave hearts who sacrificed their life for the country, Captain Vikram Batra’s name comes to everyone’s mind. Here's 10 facts about the 24-year-old who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
Capt Kalia and his patrol of 5 soldiers were captured alive after a fierce encounter and became the first and most brutal casualties of the Kargil War.
Operation Vijay was launched by the Indian Army to recapture the Indian territories from Pakistani intruders in the Kargil-Drass sector in 1999. The Kargil War took place between May 3 and July 26, 1999, in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).