Items captured during Kargil war on display at military fest

A Pakistani flag, jacket of a captain rank officer, ammunition are among items which were captured during the 'Battle of Tiger Hill' in the 1999 Kargil war and on display here at the military literature festival.
A special section at the country's first military literature event displayed the gallantry of Indian soldiers in the intense battle.
A Pakistan flag, captured from Pakistani troops belonging to 12 Northern Light Infantry during the Battle of Tiger Hill by the soldiers of 8th Sikh regiment which is also known as 'Charhdi Kala' battalion was also on display.
Over 100 bullets captured from the Pakistani armymen were also part of the display.

A snow white jacket of Captain Sher Khan of 12 Northern Light Infantry of Pakistan army, who was killed by the Indian Army, was also displayed at the event.
The Pakistani army officer had led a counter attack against Indian soldiers and died on July 6, 1999 during the Kargil conflict. He was later awarded with 'Nishan-E-Haider', the highest Pakistani gallantry award.

A tunic of a Pakistani soldier Naik Shaukat Ali who was killed during hand to hand combat with the soldiers of 8th Sikh regiment was also exhibited.
Units from the three regiments-- 18 Grenadiers, 2 Naga and 8 Sikh -- were involved in the operations to capture the Tiger hill.

"With the exceptional display of valour of our soldiers, we successfully dislodged the enemy from the Tiger Hill," said 8th Sikh regiment Havildar, Amrik Singh, who was in-charge of the section.
Singh had also sustained serious injuries during the capturing of the Tiger Hill and remained in coma for six months.
Besides, in the armament section at the event, a range of weapons including INSAS rifles, sniper rifle, 8 mm pistol, 40 mm multiple grenade launchers, 40 mm barrel grenade launcher, 7.62 mm machine gun etc made in India, Sweden, South Africa, Russia, Belgium, were also on display.
Youth and school children showed keen interest and could be seen clicking selfies with the weapons in their hands.