Operation Sindoor: India Strikes Deepest Inside Undisputed Pakistani Territory Since 1971 Indo-pak War

As India was asleep, nan Indian equipped forces struck 9 panic sites successful Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan's Punjab Province. These strikes against Pakistan are nan deepest New Delhi has ventured into Pakistan's undisputed borders since nan India-Pakistan warfare of 1971, arsenic per a CNN report.

Codenamed Operation Sindoor, nan Indian equipped forces launched an aerial onslaught connected Pakistan connected Wednesday. The aerial onslaught by nan Indian equipped forces came aft nan panic onslaught successful Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which claimed nan lives of 26 people, including 1 Nepali citizen.

The targets of this onslaught were nan office of proscribed panic outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

How acold are these places from nan world border, LoC?

Bahawalpur, nan main operational centre of JeM, is importantly further distant from nan world separator compared to nan different locations that were targeted successful nan aerial strike. JeM's main operational centre is located astir 250-300 km from nan India-Pakistan separator successful nan confederate Punjab state of Punjab.

Muridke, nan operational nervus centre of nan LeT, is astir 40-50 km distant from nan border. It is located successful nan Punjab state of Pakistan. Sialkot is located successful nan Punjab state of Pakistan and is astir 10-20 km from nan separator pinch India. Chak Amru is very adjacent to nan world border, apt wrong 5-10 km of nan border. 

Situated successful PoK, Muzaffarabad and Bagh are astir 40-60 km distant from nan Line of Control (LOC). Bhimber is situated further distant from nan LOC arsenic compared to different locations successful PoK astatine astir 50-70 km. While Gulpur is situated wrong 10-20 km of nan LoC successful PoK, Kotli is estimated to beryllium astir 20-30 km away. Gulpur is said to beryllium a launchpad for attacks successful nan Rajouri and Poonch sectors successful J&K. 

Here's what happened successful nan 1971 war

In contrast, nan Indian Armed Forces precocious up to 50-60 km wrong Pakistan's undisputed occidental borders during nan 1971 war. The sectors India precocious to wrong nan occidental borders of Pakistan were Sindh, Punjab, and Rajasthan.

In Sindh, nan Indian equipped forces made nan deepest beforehand astatine astir 40-50 km and captured notable towns including Khokrapar. The forces made advances towards Umerkot, but not towards awesome organization centres specified arsenic Hyderabad. 

In nan Lahore and Sialkot sectors, nan Indian forces precocious and captured areas specified arsenic nan Hussainiwala enclave and immoderate parts adjacent Fazilka. In nan godforsaken region, India captured Islamgarh and made advances towards Rahim Yar Khan, but could not scope there. 

These incursions were mostly tactical and not aimed astatine imperishable annexation. The 1971 warfare culminated successful nan creation of Bangladesh and nan utter humiliation of Pakistan, arsenic complete 93,000 of its soldiers were taken arsenic prisoners of warfare (POWs). 

Published on: May 7, 2025 8:12 AM IST