Updated On: 25 July, 2025 10:22 PM IST | Shimla | mid-day online correspondent
Powerful video clips on Kargil Vijay Diwas and Operation Sindoor were shown, helping people understand the hardships, bravery, and success of Indian soldiers during the war

Soldiers and next of kin of the Kargil War martyrs light candles as they pay homage on the eve of the ‘26th Kargil Vijay Diwas’, at the Kargil War Memorial in Ladakh. Pic/PTI
The two-day celebrations of Kargil Vijay Diwas 2025 began on Friday at the Army Training Command headquarters in Shimla with great enthusiasm and patriotic spirit.
The event marks 26 years since India’s victory in the 1999 Kargil War.
The celebrations were officially opened by Lt Gen Devendra Sharma, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command, according to an official statement, the PTI reported on Friday.