PM Modi Named India's Pahalgam Response Operation Sindoor. Why He Chose It | Read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the name Operation Sindoor for India's counterstrike against terror bases in Pakistan in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, official sources have told news agency PTI.
The name, Operation Sindoor, is heavy with symbolism. Hindu women put sindoor -- meaning vermilion -- on their head as a symbol of marriage. The Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 innocents were killed in cold blood, destroyed as many families. The victims were rounded up, asked their religion and shot dead in front of their wives and children. It is, therefore, fitting that the operation to avenge their deaths is named 'Sindoor'. An image put out by the Indian Army has Operation Sindoor written in block letters. One 'O' in Sindoor is a bowl of vermilion. Some of it has spilled over, symbolising the ruthlessness that snatched away the life partners of 25 women. The caption read: "Justice is served. Jai Hind."
