Tiger Hill (also called Point 5062[1][2]) is a mountain in the Drass-Kargil area of Ladakh, India.
Any enemy atop the peak would have a direct line of sight onto the headquarters of India's 56 Brigade, the main Indian unit in the area, and as well as a 25 km stretch of highway, thus hindering the movement of troops and supplies.
Tiger Hill was illegally captured by elements of the Pakistan Army's Northern Light Infantry during Kargil War.
8 Sikh advanced up the left flank of the mountain, the 2nd Battalion, Naga Regiment (2 Naga) advanced up the right flank, and 200 troops from the Ghatak platoon, Alpha and Charlie Companies of the 18th Battalion, The Grenadiers (18 Grenadiers) scaled a 1,000-foot vertical cliff on the rear side of the mountain.
After days of heavy fighting on the peak, 18 Grenadiers seized the mountaintop on the morning of 8 July.