Tololing

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Tololing is a strategically important mountain peak in the Dras sector of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, that was the site of intense fighting during the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tololing canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain peak ⓘ
strategic military position ⓘ
associatedWith 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles ⓘ
2 Rajputana Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Rajputana Rifles

Indian Army ⓘ
Kargil War memorials ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
climate high-altitude cold desert ⓘ
conflictInvolved India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
controlledBy India (post-1999) ⓘ
country India ⓘ
elevationCategory high-altitude peak ⓘ
frontIn Kargil conflict ⓘ
linked to: Kargil War
hasMilitarySignificance controls access along Srinagar–Leh axis ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance overlooks National Highway 1D ⓘ
locatedIn Dras sector ⓘ
linked to: Dras Valley

India ⓘ
Kargil district ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ
locatedNear Dras ⓘ
Kargil ⓘ
linked to: Kargil district
memorialsLocatedAt Dras War Memorial ⓘ
notableFor heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
intense high-altitude combat in 1999 ⓘ
overlooks Srinagar–Leh highway ⓘ
partOf Himalayas ⓘ
Line of Control region ⓘ
recapturedBy Indian Army in June 1999 ⓘ
region Western Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: western Himalayas
strategicRoleIn1999 Pakistani positions used to shell NH1D ⓘ
terrainType rocky mountain terrain ⓘ
usedFor artillery domination of highway ⓘ
military observation ⓘ
wasSiteOf Battle of Tololing ⓘ
Kargil War ⓘ
yearOfMajorBattle 1999 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiger Hill → associatedWith → Tololing ⓘ
Battle of Tololing → location → Tololing ⓘ
Dras → hasNearbyPeak → Tololing ⓘ