Battle of point 5140
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The Battle of point 5140 was fought on 20 June 1999 and was major military offensive carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment as a part of the Operation Vijay (Kargil War). The Indian forces under Lt Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi were able to capture the point.
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Capture of Point 5140 | |||||||||
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Lt Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi Lt Vikram Batra Lt Sanjeev Jamwal | Unknown | ||||||||
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13th Jammu and Kashmir Rifles |
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