Battle of Tiger Hill

Part of Kargil War

Date	1999
Location	Kargil district, in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Result	Decisive Indian victory^[1]^[2]

Belligerents

Indian Army

Pakistan Army

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Kargil War

Battle of Tiger Hill Battle of Tololing Operation Safed Sagar Operation Talwar Operation Vijay

Indo-Pakistani conflicts

Kashmir conflict War of 1947 War of 1965 War of 1971 Siachen conflict Kargil War 2001–02 standoff 2008 standoff Border skirmishes 2011 2013 2014–16

The Battle of Tiger Hill encompasses the battles fought in and around the peak of Tiger Hill between Indian Army and Pakistani forces from the final week of May till second week of June 1999 during the Kargil War in 1999. The battle, with the concomitant battle for the adjoining peak of Tololing, culminated in Indian forces capturing it.

Indian forces involved in the operation included the 18 Grenadiers and the 8th Sikh Regiment.

Main Battle

To launch an offensive and repel the Pakistani outpost from Tiger hill, three battalions of the Indian Army, that of 18 Grenadiers, 2 Naga and the 8th Sikh Regiment were chosen with support from the Indian Artillery. The total assault had taken over 200 troops while they received rear support from a further 2,000 troops. The Grenadiers further sub-divided themselves into Alpha, Charlie and Ghatak companies when they carried out the assault on 3 July 1999 at 1715 hours to attack from the rear. Pakistani rangers had a doomed resistance under heavy Indian artillery shelling as they were eventually defeated when the Nagas and the Sikhs attacked from the left and the right flanks respectively. By 6:50 am, on 4 July, the Indians re-captured Tiger Hill (Point 4660).

The whole 36 hour-operation resulted in Yogendra Singh Yadav of the Grenadiers gaining the highest military honour of the Indian Republic, the Param Vir Chakra; the battle had cost ten of the Pakistani Rangers' lives while it also claimed five of the Indian Army soldiers' lives.

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