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TIL in 1999 Kargil war Yogendra Singh Yadav climbed a 16,500 feet tall cliff captured by Pakistani soldiers, he was shot three times, he continued to climb the remaining 60 feet, he killed four Pakistani soldiers and engaged in hand to hand combat.

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