Muna 1984, India yakatanga Operation Meghdoot kutora Siachen Glacier mudunhu rakapokana reKashmir. MuOperation Meghdoot, IAF's Mi-8, Chetak uye Cheetah maherikoputa akaendesa mazana emauto eIndia ku Siachen. Yakatangwa musi wa 13 Kubvumbi 1984, chirongwa ichi chemauto chaive chakasarudzika nekuda kwenzvimbo isina kugadzikana yeSiachen nemamiriro ekunze. Chiito chemauto chakabudirira, zvichipiwa chokwadi chekuti pasi pechibvumirano chekare, hapana Pakistan kana India yakanga yaisa chero vashandi munzvimbo iyi. Nekubudirira kweIndia kweOperation Meghdoot, yakawana kutonga kweSiachen Glacier. India yakadzora kutonga pamusoro peSiachen Glacier yakareba makiromita makumi manomwe (43 mi) uye ese ayo anobatsira glaciers, pamwe nemipata mikuru mitatu kumadokero kweSiachen Salt Ridge, La Bilaia Glacier, Lafond uye La Gyoro Valley.
13 April 1984,