Kargil Vijay Diwas - Wikipedia Kargil Vijay Diwas Not to be confused with Vijay Diwas. Kargil Vijay Diwas Kargil War Memorial Observed by India Date July 26 Operation Vijay. On this day, 26 July 1999, India successfully took command of the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistani intruders. The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days, ended on 26 July and resulted in loss of life on both the sides. The war ended with India regaining control of all the previously held territory, hence re-establishing the status quo ante bellum. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of the Kargil War 's Heroes. This day is celebrated in the Kargil -- Dras sector and the national capital New Delhi, where the Prime Minister of India pays homage to the soldiers at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate every year. Functions are also organized all over the country to commemorate the contributions of the armed forces. History After the Indo - Pakistani War of 1971, there had been a long period with relatively few direct armed conflicts involving the military forces of the two neighbours -- notwithstanding the efforts of both nations to control the Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts on the surrounding mountains ridges and the resulting military skirmishes in the 1980s. During the 1990s, however, escalating tensions and conflict due to separatist activities in Kashmir, some of which were supported by Pakistan, as well as the conducting of nuclear tests by both countries in 1998, led to an increasingly belligerent atmosphere. In an attempt to defuse the situation, both countries signed the Lahore Declaration in February 1999, promising to provide a peaceful and bilateral solution to the Kashmir conflict. During the winter of 1998 -- 1999, some elements of the Pakistani Armed Forces were covertly training and sending Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces, some allegedly in the guise of mujahideen, into territory on the Indian side of the line of control ( LOC ). The infiltration was code named `` Operation Badr ''. The aim of the Pakistani incursion was to sever the link between Kashmir and Ladakh and cause Indian forces to withdraw from the Siachen Glacier, thus forcing India to negotiate a settlement of the broader Kashmir dispute. Pakistan also believed that any tension in the region would internationalize the Kashmir issue, helping it to secure a speedy resolution. Yet another goal may have been to boost the morale of the decade - long rebellion in Indian State of Kashmir by taking a pro-active role. Initially, with little knowledge of the nature or extent of the infiltration, the Indian troops in the area assumed that the infiltrators were jihadis and declared that they would evict them within a few days. Subsequent discovery of infiltration elsewhere along the LOC, along with the difference in tactics employed by the infiltrators, caused the Indian army to realize that the plan of attack was on a much bigger scale. The total area seized by the ingress is generally accepted to between 130 km2 -- 200 km2. The Government of India responded with Operation Vijay, a mobilization of 200,000 Indian troops. The war came to an official end on July 26, 1999, thus marking it as Kargil Vijay Diwas. 527 soldiers from Indian Armed Forces lost their lives during the war. See also Vijay Diwas ( India ) Victory Day in other countries Kargil War Operation Vijay Operation Safed Sagar Pokhran - II and List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan Dras War Memorial References Jump up ^ See Kargil War Jump up ^ `` Kargil Vijay Diwas : Nation pays homage to brave martyrs ''. Patrika Group ( 25 July 2014 ). Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014. Jump up ^ City to observe Kargil Vijay Diwas today Archived 2009 - 08 - 01 at the Wayback Machine. Allahabad, The Times of India, TNN July 25, 2009. Jump up ^ Ahuja, B.N. ; Saxena, Paresh ( 1 January 2006 ). Pitambar 's Handbook of General Knowledge. Pitambar Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978 - 81 - 209 - 0516 - 0. Retrieved 5 November 2011. Jump up ^ Vijay Diwas Archived 2009 - 09 - 30 at the Wayback Machine. The Hindu, July 27, 2009. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kargil_Vijay_Diwas&oldid=852789226 '' Categories : Military history of India Kargil War Victory days July observances Annual events in India Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Use Indian English from June 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Infobox holiday with missing field Infobox holiday ( other ) Talk About Wikipedia हिन्दी ਪੰਜਾਬੀ संस्कृतम् Edit links This page was last edited on 31 July 2018, at 11 : 04 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when is kargil day or vijay diwas celebrated in india
Answer: 26 July every year