Operation Sindoor: A Year in Retrospect

Prime Minister Narendra Modi updated his social media pictures to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Operation Sindoor, a military response by Indian forces targeting terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which was conducted following an attack in April 2025 that claimed 26 lives.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has updated his social media profile pictures to mark the one-year anniversary of Operation Sindoor, an extensive military operation launched in response to a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India.

Operation Sindoor was executed from May 7-10, 2025, targeting militant and military sites across the western border, including Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It involved India's three defense forces and the Border Security Force (BSF).

The operation was India’s strategic retaliation to the April 22, 2025, terror attack that resulted in the death of 25 Hindu tourists and their guide. Modi's commemorative profile picture includes a symbolic graphic featuring the text 'Operation Sindoor' with the tricolor flag.