Kargil

Maj Gen Ashok Krishna, AVSM was commissioned into 4/8 Gorkha Rifles in 1957 and he commanded the battalion in the 1971 war in the western sector. In 1974 he commanded 1/8 Gorkha Rifles, now 3 Mechanised Infantry. In 1988, he was appointed Colonel 8 Gorkha Rifles.He has commanded a brigade actively engaged in counter-insurgency operations and a division in high altitude. He has held various staff appointments including in the Military Operations Directorate, Army Headquarters. He was Commander, Higher Command Wing, College of Combat, Mhow at the time of his retirement in 1994. Thereafter, he was with the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses as Senior Fellow, and in 1999 he joined the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies as Deputy Director.He has written several articles on Insurgency and Terrorism and he has authored a book India's Armed Forces: Fifty Years of War and Peace.P.R. Chari was former civil servant, has published several monographs and papers in academic journals in India and abroad. His books include: Perspectives on National Security in South Asia: In Search of New Paradigm (1999), India: Towards Millennium (1998), Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: South Asian Perspectives (1996), Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis in South Asia (1995) and Indo-Pak Nuclear Standoff: the Role of the United States (1995).He passed away on 24 July 2015.

• List of Illustrations 7 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction Some Preliminary Observations 11 P.R. Chari 1. Why Kargil? Pakistan's Objectives and Motivations 23 D. Suba Chandran 2. On the Military Dimensions of Kargil 39 Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna 3. The Kargil War Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna 4. Lessons, Precepts and Perspectives 139 Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna 5. India's Political and Diplomatic Responses to the Kargil Crisis 181 Arpit Rajain 6. Role of the United States: Mediator or Mere Facilitator? 205 D. Suba Chandran 7. Contextualizing Kargil within China's Security Paradigm 221 Bhartendu Kumar Singh and Satyajit Mohanty 8. The Kargil Crisis and the G-8 233 Mallika Joseph A. Conclusion 243 Indo-Pak Relations: Uncertain Future P.R. Chari Appendices 1. Chronology of Events During the Kargil Crisis 265 2. Text of the Letter Addressed '0 Lord Mountbatten Containing the Decision of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir State Regarding the Accession of the State 283 3. UN Resolution dated 13 August 1948 285 4. The Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, Pakistan-Sponsored Militancy in J&K and its Nexus with Islam 287 5. Pakistan's Northern Light Infantry 296 6. Details of the Initial Indian Response to the Kargil Intrusions 300 7. Citations of the Recipients of the Param ivr Chakra and Maha ivr Chakra in Operation VIjay and Names of ivr Chakra Receipients 302 8. Text of the G-8 Statement on the Kargit Crisis 313 9. Text of the Clinton-Sharif Statement, 5 July 1999 314 10. The Musharraf Tapes 315 11. Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee's Address to the Nation, 7 June 1999 321 12. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Address to the Nation, 12 July 1999 324 Contributors 331 Index 333