India, July 19 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Ladakh on July 26 to attend the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations at Dras, highlighting how Indian soldiers overcame daunting odds to drive out a treacherous enemy from the strategic heights it had occupied in the Kargil sector in the summer of 1999, people aware of the matter said on Sunday.

Top military officials, including army chief General Dhiraj Seth, will attend the event to commemorate victory in the limited war-India's fifth-fought along a 170-km mountain frontier, stretching from Mashkoh Valley to Turtuk in the Kargil sector, the people added.

Kargil war heroes and the families of those killed in action will be among the attendees. As many as 527 Indian soldier...