Military history
Six campaigns that shaped India's security, from the defence of Jammu & Kashmir to Kargil. Remember · Honour · Learn.
Operations to defend Jammu & Kashmir, beginning with the airlift to Srinagar.
Sources: Ministry of Defence (History Division), Official History of the Jammu & Kashmir Operations 1947–48; National War Memorial and regimental archives
The Himalayan conflict across Ladakh and the Eastern Sector, remembered for last-man-last-round stands.
Sources: Ministry of Defence, parliamentary and historical records on the 1962 conflict; Rezang La War Memorial, Chushul
Air-land operations across the western theatre.
Sources: Ministry of Defence (History Division), Official History of the 1965 War
A 13-day tri-service campaign by the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Outcome: Culminated in the liberation of Bangladesh.
Sources: Ministry of Defence (History Division), Official History of the 1971 War
Operations on the Saltoro Ridge and Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battlefield.
Sources: Indian Army and Indian Air Force official records on Operation Meghdoot
Operations Vijay, Safed Sagar and Talwar.
Outcome: Recapture of Himalayan peaks up to 18,000 feet.
Sources: Kargil Review Committee Report (2000); Kargil War Memorial, Drass; Ministry of Defence records