Today the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas is being celebrated across the country. On this special occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also reached Kargil. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated in honor of the Indian soldiers who fought in the Kargil War in 1999. But do you know why Kargil district of Ladakh is called Aga’s land. Today we will tell you the reason behind this.
Kargil City
The 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas is being celebrated with great pomp across the country. On this day, the Indian Army had driven out Pakistani intruders from the hills of Kargil and hoisted the tricolor on the peaks of Kargil. Let us tell you that Ladakh is now a union territory. There are two districts in Ladakh. The first is Leh and the second district is Kargil. The whole world also knows Kargil because of the 1999 Kargil war. Actually, Kargil is the land of heroes, where the soldiers of the Indian Army faced and killed the Pakistani intruders without caring for their lives.
why is it called the land of Aga
Islam arrived in Kargil in the 15th century. Mir Shams-ud-Din Iraqi, a scholar of the Shia school of Central Asia, visited Baltistan and Kargil with his missionaries to preach Islam. It is believed that the chief of Baltistan first embraced Islam and then the chiefs of Kargil accepted Islam. Before Mir Shams-ud-Din, Iraqi Khawaja Noorbakhsh visited Kargil and gave many Islamic sermons. Kargil is mostly inhabited by Shia Muslims and Aga is called the religious head and preacher. This is why Kargil is called the land of Aga.
Let us tell you that according to the 2011 census, the population of Kargil is 1,40,802. Kargil is a Muslim majority area, that is, the number of Muslims is the highest here. According to the 2011 census, the population of Muslims in Kargil is 76.87 percent. The population of Hindus in Kargil is 7.34 percent. Apart from this, 14.29 percent people follow Buddhism, 0.43 percent people follow Christianity. 0.83 percent people follow Sikhism, 0.02 percent people follow Jainism. In 1979, Kargil became a separate district in Ladakh region. It was separated from the former Leh district.
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