Reason behind naming India’s military operation as ‘Sindoor’

Operation Sindoor is the military codename for what India described as a “precision strike” on Pakistan, and carried out in what New Delhi said was a response to the April 22 attack on Indian tourists by suspected rebels in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Indian forces said they struck “terrorist infrastructure” at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir as part of Operation Sindoor.

The India Today news site said the name of the mission sent a “message” to Pakistan. Sindoor is the word for vermilion, which is a mark of married Hindu women. It is a reference to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, “in which men, including those newly married, were singled out on the basis of their religion and killed by terrorists”, India Today reports.