The
Kargil War (
kargil yuddh,
kargil jang), also known as the
Kargil conflict, was an
armed conflict between
India and
Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the
Kargil district of
Kashmir and elsewhere along the
Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as
Operation Vijay (, lit. "Victory") which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.