Chandigarh, Nov. 29 -- During Operation Sindoor, the Indian armed forces were prepared for a prolonged confrontation, and the Army had even readied a reserve list of ex-servicemen to be mobilised if needed. However, the situation de-escalated far sooner than expected, with Pakistan "kneeling in just 19 hours", South Western Command's Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh said on Saturday.
Addressing a veterans' rally at the Hisar Cantonment Military Station, Lt Gen Singh recalled that during the operation, India faced a tense moment following the Pahalgam terror attack, on April 22 in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were brutally killed by Pakistan-linked terrorists, following which India launched the successful cross-border Operation Sindo...