Kargil, July 26 -- Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday paid tributes to the valour of Indian soldiers on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.

Seth, along with Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, participated in a padyatra in Drass, Kargil district, to remember the sacrifice of the people who lost their lives in the line of action during the 1999 war.

The union ministers, accompanied by locals and students, participated in the programme at the historic site of Kargil, which saw the conflict first hand when the area was captured by Pakistani forces in May 1999 and subsequently retaken, after the Indian Army launched Operation Bison.

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