Operation Sindoor
· India on the morning of 7 May 2025.
· This operation was a response to a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 innocent civilians lost their lives. 9 locations of terrorist organizations Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen present in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) were targeted.
· "Sindoor" means sacrifice, mourning and respect.
It was kept in memory of the martyrs whose lives were taken by terrorism.
It is also a cultural symbol, which reflects both Indianness and revenge.
India will now respond to terrorism not with silence but with concrete action.
This operation shows that India has become a technologically capable, self-reliant and decisive power.