Other conflicts Border skirmishes Strikes The Battle of point 5140 was fought on 20 June 1999 and was major military offensive carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment as a part of the Operation Vijay (Kargil War).

Its commanding officer had to be evacuated out of Kargil for medical reasons and Major YK Joshi was promoted to Lt Col to carry out the assault on 17 June.

[10][11][12] On 18 June, the battalion carried out a detailed reconnaissance of Point 5140 which revealed the enemy had put in place seven sangars on the feature; two on the top, four towards the east and one towards the north.

[13][14] It also revealed the eastern approach to the feature was comparatively easier than that from the front, which had a near vertical climb, dominated by the top, though it was also more heavily defended.

[13] It was decided the assaulting troops must capture the Top before dawn, or else the enemy would inflict maximum casualties on them.

At that moment, both Jamwal and Batra, contacted commanders at the base via radio, asking to continue artillery bombardment of the enemy positions till the companies were 100 metres from their target.

"[16] Batra decided to approach the hill from the rear,[19] aiming to surprise the enemy,[20] and to cut off their withdrawal route.

[22] He and his men ascended the sheer rock-cliff, but as the group neared the top, the enemy pinned them on the face of the bare cliff with machine gun fire.

[19] On 26 June, shortly after the capture of Point 5140, 13 JAK Rif was ordered to move from Dras to Ghumri to rest, refit, and regroup.