Indian deads were not more than 500 or near. You simply cant hide deaths of 2500 men. You know what ?
1) Vajpayee initially wanted to suppress the news of nearly 100 soldiers (who went for recce in kargil mountains)who were killed but it was impossible to do so and he had to go for war and you are saying india hiding deaths of 2500 men ? No in india claims such deaths but in pakistan, some does do
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However, he said, a “naive military adventurer, Gen Musharraf,” launched the operation without proper planning on May 8, 1999 causing loss of life of 3,000 officers and Jawans of the Northern Light Infantry (NLI) and Kashmiri Mujahideen, while India suffered loss of 474 soldiers.
https://www.dawn.com/news/204768
2)Siachin is a mixed of both Cunningness and bravery coz we still hold it and if you wud have managed to hold kargil,you cud call so.