Capture of point 4875 | |||||||||
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Part of Kargil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
India | Pakistan | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Mohinder Puri Rakesh Kumar Kakkar Yogesh Kumar Joshi S Vijay Bhasker Gurpreet Singh Vikram Batra † Naveen Nagappa (WIA) | Unknown | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
13th Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | Northern Light Infantry Regiment |
The Battle of Point 4875 took place from 4 to 7 July 1999 and was a pivotal military offensive carried out by the 13th Jammu and Kashmir Rifles battalion in the Kargil War of 1999. The battle was an Indian success.