Remembering the valiant efforts of the Indian Army during the Kargil War 20 years ago to this day, many celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma took to their social media to pay tribute.
It
is
on
this
day,
20
years
ago,
that
the
Indian
armed
forces
won
the
India-Pakistan
Kargil
War
in
1999.
Many
Jawans
sacrificed
their
lives
and
more
to
secure
safety
for
the
nation.
Remembering
their
sacrifices,
and
extremely
grateful
for
guarding
the
borders,
many
celebrities
took
to
their
social
media
to
pay
tribute
to
the
martyrs.
Akshay
Kumar,
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Virat
Kohli,
Anushka
Sharma,
Preity
Zinta
and
others
tweeted
in
honor
of
the
Indian
Army.
Vicky
Kaushal
shared
the
good
news
of
his
film
'Uri:
The
Surgical
Strike'
being
screened
in
500
theatres
across
Maharashtra
for
free
on
July
26,
to
commemorate
Kargil
Vijay
Diwas.
Read
further
to
find
out
what
many
Bollywood
and
other
celebrities
tweeted.
Amitabh
Bachchcan
tweeted,"we
salute
you
for
your
sacrifice
..
your
determined
fight
to
protect
us
all
and
our
Country
.."
(sic)
we
salute
you
for
your
sacrifice
..
your
determined
fight
to
protect
us
all
and
our
Country
..
🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳
https://t.co/NvNwmtUz9g
Sidharth
Malhotra
wrote,
"Salute
to
our
braveheart
soldiers
who
sacrificed
their
lives
for
the
honor,
integrity,
and
people
of
India.
I
feel
privileged
to
be
portraying
one
such
character
in
#Shershaah
Jai
Hind
#KargilVijayDivas"
(sic)
Salute
to
our
braveheart
soldiers
who
sacrificed
their
lives
for
the
honor,
integrity,
and
people
of
India.
I
feel
privileged
to
be
portraying
one
such
character
in
#Shershaah
Jai
Hind
🇮🇳#KargilVijayDivas
pic.twitter.com/NtFMuTOybP
Akshay
Kumar
shared
a
couple
of
tweets
remembering
the
Jawans,
and
wrote,
"I'm
not
much
into
books,
but
today
as
we
pay
tribute
to
our
brave
martyrs
on
20yrs
of
#KargilVijayDiwas,
I've
picked
up
#IndiasMostFearless
2
by
@ShivAroor
&
@rahulsinghx
.
May
we
never
forget
our
soldiers
whose
courage
and
heroism
lets
us
live
in
peace,
day
after
day."
(sic)
Preity
Zinta,
grateful
for
the
Indian
Army,
wrote
"I
will
never
forget
the
valour
&
sacrifice
of
our
Indian
Army.
We
are
indebted
for
the
courage
shown
by
them
&
their
families.This
#KargilVijayDiwas
let's
remember
and
salute
our
brave
soldiers
who
fought
valiantly
in
the
#KargilWar."
(sic)
I
will
never
forget
the
valour
&
sacrifice
of
our
Indian
Army.
We
are
indebted
for
the
courage
shown
by
them
&
their
families.This
#KargilVijayDiwas
let's
remember
and
salute
our
brave
soldiers
who
fought
valiantly
in
the
#KargilWar.
🇮🇳
pic.twitter.com/yuAAqsuL29
Ayushmann
Khurrana
too
tweeted,
"My
heartfelt
tribute
to
our
martyrs
of
the
Kargil
War
and
a
big
salute
to
their
valour
and
victory
today!
#KargilVijayDiwas"
(sic)
My
heartfelt
tribute
to
our
martyrs
of
the
Kargil
War
and
a
big
salute
to
their
valour
and
victory
today!
🇮🇳
#KargilVijayDiwas
Anushka
Sharma
wrote,
"A
salute,
homage,
respect
and
gratitude
to
all
the
heroes
in
our
armed
forces
who
lost
their
lives
in
line
of
service
for
their
country.
#KargilVijayDiwas
#NeverForget
#RememberTheGallantry"
(sic).
Her
hubby
Virat
Kohli
also
tweeted,
"We
will
never
forget
all
the
sacrifices
you
made
for
us.
Respect,
Love,
Salute.
#JaiHind
#KargilVijayDiwas"
(sic)
Vicky
Kaushal
announced
the
news
of
Uri's
special
screening
across
Maharashtra
by
writing,
"Happy
and
honoured
to
share
that
our
Film
#UriTheSurgicalStrike
will
be
re-released
only
for
today,
July
26th,
to
commemorate
'Kargil
Vijay
Diwas'.
It
will
be
screened
for
free
in
500
theatres
across
Maharashtra.
Extremely
thankful
to
the
Maharashtra
State
Government
for
their
support
and
encouragement
to
this
initiative
by
@rsvpmovies.
Jai
Hind."
(sic)