7 Years of Surgical Strikes: Facts, all you need to know about surgical strike

On September 29 2016 India stunned Pakistan and the world with the Armys daring crossborder operation which was dubbed a surgical strikeIt was the Indian Armys revenge for the Uri terror attack in which many Indian soldiers were killedIndia conducted surgical strikes against military launchpads across the Line of Control in September 2016 inflicting heavy casualties on terrorists along with those protecting them The move had been retaliatory in nature and came mere days after the Uri and Poonch attacks that claimed the lives of over a dozen Indian soldiersSince then the government has been observing September 29 as Surgical Strike Day The attack was carried out in the wake of the September 18 attack on an Indian Army base in the Uri Sector of Jammu and Kashmir by the Pakistanbased JaisheMohammed killing 19 soldiersA7 Years of Surgical Strikes All you need to know about the surgical strike in 10 pointsFacts of surgical strikes1 On 29 September 2016 teams of Indian Army commandos crossed the Line of Control into Pakistaniadministered Kashmir to attack targets up to a kilometer within territory held by Pakistan2 The raid occurred eleven days after four militants had attacked an Indian army outpost at Uri on September 18 2016 in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and killed 19 soldiers3 The Indian Government termed the attack a surgical strike against militant launch pads in Pakistani territory and claimed to have inflicted significant casualties4 On September 18 2016 a fedayeen attack was made by four armed militants on an army base near the town of Uri Nineteen Indian Army soldiers were killed India accused JaisheMuhammad a Pakistanbased terrorist organisation5 On September 29 2016 eleven days after the Uri attack the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes against suspected militants in Pakistaniadministered Kashmir Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Indian Director General of Military Operations DGMO said that it had received very credible and specific information about terrorist teams who were preparing to carry out infiltration and conduct terrorist strikes inside Jammu and Kashmir and in various metros in other states6 The operation lasted from 1230 am to 430 am with the location being 500 metres to 2 km from the LoC on the Pakistani side according to reports7 Years of Surgical Strikes How the strike was planned7 Civilians in the region were evacuated at around 10 pm on September 27 and sentries at launchpads were neutralised with snipers before troops began their mission8 The Indian Army started building up its special forces squad on September 24 armed with nightvision devices Tavor 21 and AK47 assault rifles9 They were also armed with rocketpropelled grenades shoulderfired missiles pistols high explosive grenades as well as plastic explosives10 Two years later in 2018 the Union government decided to honour the bravery of the soldiers and marked September 28 as Surgical Strike Day