1999 World Events · Post-Cold War transition and asymmetric shock
Kargil War between India and Pakistan
Pakistani units and irregulars occupied heights on the Indian side of the Line of Control before India fought to retake them under nuclear shadow.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 1999.
Why it matters
It became a pivotal nuclear-era limited war and changed India-Pakistan escalation management.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Pakistani units and irregulars occupied heights on the Indian side of the Line of Control before India fought to retake them under nuclear shadow.
It became a pivotal nuclear-era limited war and changed India-Pakistan escalation management.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 1999-002
- Date or period
- 1999-05-03 to 1999-07-26
- Type
- Interstate war
- Focus
- Military
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Kargil / Line of Control, India / Pakistan
- Coordinate precision
- Conflict-area approximate coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Indian armed forces; Pakistani forces; Kashmiri militants
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 34.5539, 76.1349 with the precision label “Conflict-area approximate coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Kargil War between India and Pakistan.” World Events record 1999-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/1999/1999-002/