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The '''Operation Qaidat ''' was launched by the ] in order to take control of the Qaid peak. Detecting Pakistani movements, the ] initiated the '''Operation Vajrasakti '''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-13 |title=Op Rajeev – A Battle that broke Pakistan’s adventurism on the Glacier {{!}} Cosmic Warrior |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713163003/https://cosmicwarrior.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/op-rajiv-a-battle-that-broke-pakistans-adventurism-on-the-glacier/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baghel |first=Ravi |last2=Nüsser |first2=Marcus |date=2015-09-01 |title=Securing the heights: The vertical dimension of the Siachen conflict between India and Pakistan in the Eastern Karakoram |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629815000347 |journal=Political Geography |volume=48 |pages=24–36 |doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.05.001 |issn=0962-6298}}</ref>
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==Background==
During July , 1987 , the ] was positioned at critical positions , seeing an opportunity the Pakistani Army achieved success by seizing the control of the Bilafond La , which was named as the Quaid post.The ] held Quaid post overlooked the areas of Bilafond La which offered the ] an advantage. On 25 June 1987 , under the leadership of Brig. Gen. Chandan Nugyal, Major Varinder Singh, Naib Subedar Bana Singh and Lt. Rajiv Pande , ] launched a successful offensive and took control of the Quaid Post. Naib Subedar Bana Singh for his actions in the offensive , the Quaid post was re-named after him as the "Bana Post" <ref>{{Cite book |last=Verma |first=Kunal |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Road_to_Siachen.html?id=O9-bAwAAQBAJ |title=The Long Road to Siachen |date=2010 |publisher=Rupa Publications |isbn=978-81-291-2704-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Brigadier Samir |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/NOTHING_BUT.html?id=7GrAAgAAQBAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=NOTHING BUT! |date=2014 |publisher=Partridge Publishing |isbn=978-1-4828-1732-4 |language=en}}</ref>

==The Conflict==
For their counter offense , the ] deployed units from Pakistan Army SSG (1st and 3rd battalions) and went on to assemble a major task force at the newly constructed Khaplu garrison.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Parasar |first=Col Arun |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Three_S_Factor.html?id=iJ3JDwAAQBAJ#v=onepage&q=khaplu%20Garrison&f=false |title=The Three S Factor: A Memoir by SIACHEN, SRI LANKA, SOMALIA WARRIOR |date=2020-01-13 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-64678-004-4 |language=en}}</ref>

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