The names of five Indian Army personnel and one Indian Air Force staffer who were killed during Operation Sindoor were published in the Roll of Honour section of the National War Memorial website on Friday. This is the first time that the government has formally disclosed the identities of the military personnel killed during the operation.
The six personnel were Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, Rifleman Sunil Kumar, Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar, Agniveer Murali Naik, Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh and Air Force Sergeant Surendra Kumar.
On May 7, 2025, the Indian military carried out strikes on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which had killed 26 persons on April 22, 2025. The two sides had reached an “understanding” to halt firing on May 10, 2025.
The names of the six personnel will also be inscribed on the “Tyag Chakra” or the “Circle of Sacrifice” at the National War Memorial in Delhi. Their names were released alongside the list of all soldiers who were martyred in various military operations in 2025.
The Tyag Chakra commemorates military personnel who have been killed in combat since Independence.
Written by Tanya Shrivastava. Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.
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