The Kargil War ( kargil yuddh, kargil jang), also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (, lit. "Victory") which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.