This particular operation was given the codename Operation Safed Sagar ( Hindi: ऑपरेशन सफेद सागर, lit.'White Sea'). The Indian Air Force's role in acting jointly with Indian Army ground troops during the war was aimed at flushing out regular and irregular troops of the Pakistan Army from vacated Indian positions along the LoC. In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay ( Hindi: विजय, lit.'Victory'), which was the name of the Indian military operation to clear out the Kargil sector. The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). 737–1,200 killed (at least 249 dead bodies recovered in Indian territory).357 killed and 665+ wounded (according to Pervez Musharraf).2,700–4,000 killed (according to Nawaz Sharif).Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh), India
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