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The Kargil War was a brief military conflict fought between India and Pakistan in 1999 in the Kargil region of Kashmir. It matters because it was a significant clash between two nuclear-armed nations that demonstrated the ongoing tensions over disputed territory in South Asia.
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Key facts
- Date
- Date 3 May – 26 July 1999, (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Location
- Kargil district , Jammu and Kashmir , (now Ladakh , India)
- Result
- Indian victory India regains possession of Kargil
- Territorial changes
- Status quo ante bellum
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Kargil war.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kargil War
- start time
- 1999-05-03
- end time
- 1999-07-26
- point in time
- 1999-00-00
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