"We came to know the Pakistanis were buying lots of specialist mountain clothing in London," grins Col Kumar. A retired Pakistani colonel later admitted they had blundered by using the same store as the Indians.
India immediately dispatched troops to the Siachen, beating Pakistan by a week. By then they had already got control of the glacier and the adjacent Saltoro ridge, using Col Kumar's maps. One of the key Indian installations on the Siachen today is named Kumar Base after him."
Virtually hidden from public view, the world's highest conflict is moving into its fourth decade, the BBC's Andrew North reports from South Asia.
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If kashmir was so closed how come so many children of the huriyat conference heads go openly to Pakistan for Islamic studies ? Through visas. And then return to India.