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That's Tiger Hill ! The point from where Pakistan was shelling on Indian highways.. It took 5 days for the Indian army to flush out the Pakistani Army - Yes, they were all from the pakistani regular army (Northern Light Infantry).
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The all religion temple/mosque/church/g'dwara just after zozila.
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Mortar shells
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The mountain in the background, well used to belong to India, now it is Pakistan Occupied Kashmir :(
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Amar Jawan !
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I initially thought this wall was constructed because the road is slippery - only upon inquiry did I find out that this 12 foot high double wall (was around 4 feet thick ) extending till around half a kilometer was to prevent direct line-of-sight attack b
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Countless people who laid down their lives so that we sleep in peace. There were others also who survived the day even after killing so many pakistani intruders - A brilliant example is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogendra_Singh_Yadav who got a PARAM VIR
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As I said, many brave soldiers from the Indian Army sacrificed their lives to protect this road - the only road (srinagar to leh via kargil) which was used for food, fuel and military supply in Drass. This highway was the most important highway - had paki
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Hum me aur un me bohot farak hai, aur ye honi bhi chahiye. Socho wo kaisi army hogi ... In sab ko sahi tair tareekey se dafnado.
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The army every year celebrates the VIJAY DIVAS every year on this very day.
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Respect !
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Left - Rhino hill, Right - Tiger Hill AND THESE ARE OURS !
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How difficult it must have been to get these till this place when the highways were directly targeted by the pakistani.
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Do read it...
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This is how it looks now.
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The pass that played a pivotal role in the battle
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Yes, If you did not know it already, Drass recorded a minimum of -60 C in 1997 January. How crazy is that !
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Yes, Lakshya ko har haal me paana hai ! SALUTE.
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Do read it...