Operation Rajiv information

Operation Rajiv
	Part of the Siachen Conflict
Date	23–26 June 1987
Location	Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir (now part of Ladakh)35°22′28″N 76°57′12″E / 35.374354°N 76.953342°E
Result	Indian victory
Territorial; changes	India captures Quaid Post from Pakistan (renamed to Bana Top post-capture)
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
* Major Varinder Singh Bana Singh;	Subedar Ataullah Mohammed
Units involved
8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	Shaheen Company, 3rd Commando Battalion, Special Service Group
Strength
62	7–17
Casualties and losses
4 killed	6 killed
	Bana Top class=notpageimage\| Location of the post with present-day geopolitical borders in the greater Kashmir region

Operation Rajiv was the codename for an Indian Army operation that aimed to capture a high point along the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) on the Siachen Glacier in June 1987. Prior to this operation, the area had been under the control of Pakistani forces, who had established a post on the peak, designated Quaid Post (named after the founding father of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah). Following India's successful capture of the peak, the post was renamed to Bana Top (also called Bana Post) after Naib Subedar (later Honorary Captain) Bana Singh, who led the operation. Since Operation Rajiv in 1987, India continues to hold this post, which lies just to the south of the strategic Bilafond La mountain pass, also controlled by India.^[2] Alongside the higher-altitude installations, India has also established posts on the slopes at lower heights (named Amar and Sonam) in this sector.^[3]^[2]

The operation was sanctioned due to the danger posed by the Pakistanis, who were until this point in control of this area. Pakistan's establishment of the Quaid Post on this peak threatened Indian movement on the western Siachen Glacier. An Indian task force, led by Major Varinder Singh, launched multiple attacks on the Pakistani troops stationed at the post in an attempt to capture it. After three unsuccessful attempts, a team led by Naib Subedar Bana Singh successfully captured the peak. Following its capture, Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest gallantry award, for his courage in this operation. The operation was named after Second Lieutenant Rajiv Pande, who had been killed during earlier attempts by India to capture the peak from Pakistan.

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