The names of these martyred soldiers will be inscribed at the National War Memorial in the national Capital.
Published: June 26, 2026, 3:05 PM IST
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Five soldiers from the Indian Army and one sergeant from the Indian Air Force, who laid down their lives during ‘Operation Sindoor’, are set to be immortalised at the National War Memorial. Operation Sindoor was India’s military response against Pakistan in May last year. For the unversed, twenty-six civilians were killed in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India retaliated through precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK)
The names of these martyred soldiers will be inscribed at the National War Memorial in the national Capital. Their names will be engraved on the granite bricks at the memorial. For the first time, the identities of the six fallen soldiers who made their supreme sacrifice for the nation have been made public. The six brave soldiers martyred in ‘Operation Sindoor’ are Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, Rifleman Sunil Kumar, Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar, Agniveer Murali Naik, Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh, and Indian Air Force Sergeant Surendra Kumar.
