Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region, which is administered as a union territory of Ladakh. It is...
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territory. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located 204 kilometres (127 mi) east...
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Ladakh consists of seven districts. Each district elects an autonomous district council. Until 31 October 2019, the districts of Kargil and Leh were part of...
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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict,[note (I)] was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh...
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Pakistan in the Kargil War for ousting Pakistani Forces from their occupied positions on the mountain tops of Northern Kargil District in Ladakh in 1999...
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in the town of Dras, near Kargil city in Kargil district of Ladakh, India, commemorating the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan. The memorial is...
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Council, Kargil (LAHDC Kargil), is one among the two Autonomous District Councils of Ladakh union territory. LAHDC Kargil administers the Kargil District of...
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Jammu and Kashmir state). Kargil may also refer to: Kargil district, a district in Ladakh, headquartered in the town Kargil (Vidhan Sabha constituency)...
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Ladakh (section Autonomous District Councils)
followed by Kargil, each of which headquarters a district. The Leh district contains the Indus, Shyok and Nubra river valleys. The Kargil district contains...
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2024, the district was created, by carving out from the Kargil district. According to the 2011 census, the population of the Zanskar district is 13,793...
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Aksai Chin and Tibet are to the east, Kargil district to the west, and Lahul and Spiti to the south. The district headquarters is in Leh. It lies between...
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the Drass-Kargil area of Ladakh, India. It is one of the highest peaks in the area and was the subject of a battle during the 1999 Kargil War. Since...
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The Kargil Air War was fought between India and Pakistan during the Kargil War from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere...
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is a list of villages in Kargil district in Ladakh, India. Kargil district is divided into seven tehsils, namely, Drass, Kargil, Shargole, Shakar-Chiktan...
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the Kargil district of Ladakh, India into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. The Suru Valley is coextensive with the Kargil tehsil, with the town of Kargil situated...
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Gumbok Rangan (category Kargil district)
Gonbo Rangjon is a stand-alone lofty rocky precipice located south of Kargyak village in the Lungnak valley, Zanskar, in the Union Territory of Ladakh...
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Ladakh district was a district of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India until 1 July 1979 when it was divided into Leh district and Kargil district. Ladakh...
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Padum (category Cities and towns in Kargil district)
the main town and the administrative centre of the Zanskar tehsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India. Named after the Buddhist guru Padmasambhava, it was...
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Status quo ante bellum (section Kargil War)
Kuwait. The Kargil War was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place in 1999 between 3 May and 26 July of the Kargil district in Jammu...
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Zoji-la Tunnel (category Transport in Kargil district)
the Himalayas between Ganderbal of Kashmir (J&K) and Drass town in Kargil district of Ladakh. The project cost for this smart tunnel (SCADA) system, constructed...
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Vikram Batra (category People of the Kargil War)
during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops around Area Ledge, Point 4875, in the Kargil district of erstwhile...
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territory of Ladakh, predominantly in the Kargil district with smaller concentrations present in the Leh district. Outside of the Kashmir region, Baltis...
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Kargil Airport (ICAO: VI65) is a military airfield in Kargil district 6 km (3.7 mi) away from Kargil and 217 km (135 mi) from Leh. It is one of two airports...
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Sankoo (section Demand for new district)
within the Kargil district of the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. This township is located approximately 42 kilometers south of Kargil city. The valley...
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comprising four village clusters — Dah and Hanu in Leh district, and Garkon and Darchik in Kargil district — in Central Ladakh in India. It is inhabited by...
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region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India. The language differs from Standard Tibetan;...
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Z-Morh Tunnel (category Kargil district)
provides year-round weather-proof connectivity to Baltal (Amarnath cave), Kargil and other places in Ladakh, enhances Indian Military logistics and boosts...
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Manoj Kumar Pandey (category Kargil War)
village of Garkon Aryan Valley in Kargil. Manoj was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha village, in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Gopi...
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Dras (category Cities and towns in Kargil district)
the headquarters of Drass district of the union territory of Ladakh in India. It is on the NH 1 between Zoji La pass and Kargil. A tourist hub for its high-altitude...
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Zojila Pass) is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas. It is in the Kargil district, Indian Union territory of Ladakh. Located in the Dras subdivision...
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