13 April 1984
Operation Meghdoot
India launches Operation Meghdoot and deploys troops to secure strategic positions on the Siachen Glacier.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Siachen Glacier in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
India launches Operation Meghdoot and deploys troops to secure strategic positions on the Siachen Glacier.
Bana Singh leads an assault that captures the Pakistani position known as Quaid Post on the Siachen Glacier.
Provenance
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