‘Yeh Dil Maange More’: How Captain Vikram Batra helped capture Point 5140 for India in Kargil on this day 27 years ago
Captain Vikram Batra after the capture of Point 5140 during the 1999 Kargil War As the Kargil War intensified in the summer of 1999, the Indian Army scored a major breakthrough by capturing Tololing on June 13. With that strategic victory secured, attention turned to Point 5140 — the highest and most heavily defended feature…