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1/11 Gorkha Rifles
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Captured Weapons
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9 Para SF
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Kargil Mountain Top
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Snow & Rain @ Point 5190
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Route to Khalubar
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Pak Army POW
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Pakistan Ordnance Factory
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Line of Control
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Pak Army POW
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Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
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Grenadier Y S Yadav
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17 Jat
A Jawan from the 17th Jat, holding a 7.62mm medium machine gun on a bipod, keeps an observant watch for the enemy from his post in the Kargil sector. Photo: Prashant Panjiar / Outlook India
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Ladakh Scouts
Jawans from Ladakh Scouts take a breather and readily pose at an Army staging depot on the Leh-Batalik Road, just hours before going into battle for a vital peak. Photo: Pramod Pushkarna / India Today
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84mm Carl Gustav RCL
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Up The Mountains
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Meal Time
Meal times are always welcome breaks, as for these two Jawans. The supply trucks trundle out of Srinagar with fresh rations for Jawans strung out on the road to Kargil. For those away from the front, food is basic but fresh and nutritious - some rice, cha
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Commando R V Kachre
Marine Commando R V Kachre, from the Navy's elite Marine Commando Force, spends his time-off by writing a letter to his newly-wed wife. The MCF is used for the patrolling of Wullar Lake, which is used as a supply route by Pakistan's ISI for illegal weapon
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Batalik Sector
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Against Aggression
Jawans guard their post against aggression from the Pakistan Army's Northern Light Infantry and her network of terrorists. The Jawan in the middle is armed with a 7.62mm medium machine gun, mounted on a bipod.Photo: Jitender Gupta / Outlook India
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Air Defence Post
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Leh-Batalik Road
The Leh-Batalik road is as notorious as the Srinagar-Kargil road. At its beginning lie staging areas, at its end fierce fighting and often, death. Jawans patrol the rugged slopes near Batalik. For them, there is little time for rest and little time to thi
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Sepoy Vikram Singh
Sepoy Vikram Singh, only 18 years old, but ready to face the enemy in Kargil. What he lacks in experience, he makes up for it with enthusiasm.Photo: Jitender Gupta / Outlook India
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Forward Outposts
Jawans in the Drass sector, armed with 7.62mm rifles, climb up precipitous roads to reach the forward outposts which are being held by the enemy.Photo: Jitender Gupta / Outlook India
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Lt Col R Vishwanathan
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Mukshoh Valley
Jawans in the Mukshoh Valley take aim at troops and terrorists, both trained and armed by the Pakistan Army, sitting atop high mountain peaks. The Jawans are using the indigenous 5.56mm INSAS assault rifle. Jawans in the Drass sector, armed with 7.62mm ri
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Major P Acharya
Major Padmapani Acharya, 2nd Rajputana Rifles, leads his men into battle after the successful capture of Tololing Top. The 2 Raj. Rifles' next assignment was to capture the Knoll mountain feature in the Black Rock area, which is in the Drass sub-sector. I
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Light Machine Guns
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Batalik Sector
Jawans in the Batalik sector, armed with 7.62mm assault rifles, climb a mountain feature to reach a forward outpost. Note the jagged edges of the mountain, which can prove to be fatal, if a single step is missed. Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari / Outlook...
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Indian Army convoys
Jawans manning a 23mm ZSU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, keep a watchful lookout for enemy aircraft which might attack Indian Army convoys, passing through the Drass sector. Photo: Sharad Saxena / India Today
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BM-21 MBRL
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2 Rajputana Rifles
Jawans from the 2nd Rajputana Rifles pray before going into battle, to get back Tololing Top, held by the enemy.Photo: Dilip Banerji / India Today
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Point 4825
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