Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi paid homage to the 1999 Kargil war martyrs at the Drass War Memorial in Ladakh on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of India's victory over Pakistan in the 1999 war.

Twenty-five years ago on July 26, the Indian Army announced the successful culmination of the three-month-long ‘Operation Vijay’ and declared victory over Pakistan after reclaiming the strategic posts on the icy heights of Kargil sector which had been infiltrated by Pakistani soldiers.