Published Jun 26, 2026 | 2:48 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 26, 2026 | 2:48 PM
Operation Sindoor.
Synopsis: Almost 400 days after Operation Sindoor, India has finally named its fallen heroes.
A year and a little over a month later, the government has officially named the heroes who lost their lives in Operation Sindoor.
The government named six armed forces personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice and whose names will now be engraved upon the ‘Tyag Chakra’ (Circle of Sacrifice) at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
Five of the personnel were from the Army:
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar – Headquarters, 10 Infantry Brigade Rifleman, from Shahpur in Himachal Pradesh.
Sunil Kumar, Vir Chakra – 4th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, from Trewa village in Jammu.
Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar (33) – 5th Field Regiment, from Haryana.
Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh – 237 Field Workshop Company, from Taranagar village in Bihar and honoured earlier this year with the Sena Medal.
Aviation Technician Murali Naik (23) – From Andhra Pradesh and belonging to the 851 Light Regiment (Agniveer from the Indian Army)
The death of Vayu Medal winner Sergeant Surendra Kumar of the 39 Wing of the Indian Air Force was also officially confirmed. He was a medical assistant working with the IAF’s life-support team. He is survived by his wife, mother and young son.
Operation Sindoor had been launched in response to the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were brutally gunned down. India held Pakistan-trained terrorists responsible for the crime and went after terrorist camps and infrastructure.
The Operation began on May 7, 2025 and lasted four days. The conflict had seen drones being employed for the first time by the nuclear-armed neighbours.
(Edited by R Rajesh Kumar.)
