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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    west,Ganderbal district from the east, Kargil district in Ladakh, Neelum District in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and Astore district in Pakistan-administered...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat (category People from Kargil district)
    Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat is an author and poet from the Kargil district in the Union Territory of Ladakh in India. His writings are in the Balti language...
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    Kacho Sikander Khan (category People from Kargil district)
    Sikander Khan Sikander (1917-2007) was an eminent Indian writer from Kargil District of Ladakh. His work Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun is a major study...
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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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  • National Congress Kargil Kargil district List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Sitting and previous MLAs from Kargil Assembly Constituency...
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  • in the Kargil district of Kashmir. Kiran Kumar Raza Murad Shehzad Khan Pramod Moutho Amrit Paul Rajeev Raj Vijay Solanki Amit Pachori LOC Kargil Border...
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  • Feroz Ahmed Khan (category People from Kargil district)
    Representatives of Kargil demand District status for Zanskar - Scoop News Jammu Kashmir". www.scoopnews.in. Retrieved 12 May 2023. "Leh, Kargil delegations meet...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    is situated at a height of 11,400 ft. Ladakh is composed of Leh and Kargil districts. The region contains prominent Buddhist sites and has an ecotourism...
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