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Kargil War Memorial. On the background is the name of soldiers who died during the battle, and a memorial for them in the front.

The Kargil War Memorial, also known as Dras War Memorial, is a war memorial built by the Indian Army in the town of Dras, near Kargil city in Kargil district of Ladakh, India, commemorating the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan.[1] The memorial is located on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway 1D,[2] about 5 km from the city centre across the Tiger Hill, Kargil.

  1. ^ "Drass memorial: Invoking memories of Kargil war". Rediff. 27 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Dras War Memorial - Vijaypath". jktourism.org.

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