Operation Sindoor - 'women Were Widowed, India's Response Must Show...': Pm Modi Decided Codename For Strike In Pakistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally decided connected nan codename 'Operation Sindoor' for India's strikes successful Pakistan connected Wednesday precocious night. PM Modi decided to sanction nan strikes successful Pakistan arsenic 'Operation Sindoor', keeping successful mind nan widows of nan April 22 Pahalgam attack.

While deciding connected nan codename, nan Prime Minister was clear astir nan quality costs of nan panic attack, India Today TV reported, citing apical authorities sources. In nan Hindu tradition, Sindoor is nan vermilion worn by joined women. The codename was a deliberate invocation of not only condolences but besides representation and resolve. 

In immoderate traditions, Sindoor is besides associated pinch Goddess Parvati, considered to beryllium nan epitome of marital devotion. Warriors successful India, particularly Rajputs and Marathas, have besides put tika aliases tilak, often of sindoor, connected their forehead arsenic they went to look nan enemy. 

In high-level meetings complete nan past week, Modi emphasised that Indian men were deliberately targeted, leaving down widowed women and surgery families. He besides told nan officials that nan consequence to nan Pahalgam onslaught has to show that India would not fto this go.

All 3 units of nan Indian Armed Forces -- Army, Navy and nan Air Force -- launched a multi-domain and sea-borne onslaught connected 9 panic sites crossed Pakistan's Punjab state and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). It was a focused operation, targeting panic launchpads and related infrastructure successful Pakistan. 

Over 80-90 terrorists were killed successful nan onslaught connected Pakistan. The biggest hits were reported from Bahawalpur and Muridke, wherever astir 25-30 terrorists were killed astatine each site, arsenic per sources. 

The locations that were targeted were -- Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur; Markaz Taiba, Muridke; Sarjal / Tehra Kalan; Mehmoona Joya Facility, Sialkot; Markaz Ahle Hadith Barnala, Bhimber; Markaz Abbas, Kotli; Maskar Raheel Shahid, located successful Kotli District; Shawai Nallah Cam successful Muzaffarabad; and Markaz Syedna Bilal. 

The violative came successful consequence to nan dastardly panic onslaught successful Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that claimed nan lives of 26 civilians, mostly tourists. 

"A small while ago, nan Indian equipped forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' hitting violent infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from wherever violent attacks against India person been planned and directed," nan defence ministry said successful a statement.

Published on: May 7, 2025 9:03 AM IST