Archive · 29 Sep 2026
India Marks 10th Anniversary of 2016 Surgical Strikes
India is observing the 10th anniversary of a military operation called the surgical strikes.
The operation happened on the nights of September 28 and 29, 2016.
Indian Army Special Forces crossed the Line of Control, according to the government.
They targeted terrorist launch sites in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The operation followed an attack on an Army base in Uri.
That attack killed Indian Army personnel, with government records citing 19 deaths.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis honored the Army on this anniversary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also remembered the operation as an important response to terrorism.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid tribute to the Indian Army on Surgical Strike Day.
The anniversary commemorates the September 28–29, 2016 operation across the Line of Control.
The Indian Army said its Special Forces targeted terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The operation followed the September 18, 2016, terror attack on an Army base in Uri.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the operation as a historic example of India’s response to terrorism.
- Who
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Indian Army are central to the commemoration.
- What
- India is marking the 10th anniversary of the 2016 surgical strikes and honoring the armed forces.
- When
- The operation took place on September 28–29, 2016; the anniversary is being observed 10 years later.
- Where
- The strikes targeted sites across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir; Fadnavis issued his tribute from Maharashtra.
- Why
- The operation followed the September 18, 2016, terror attack on an Army base in Uri and was presented as a response to cross-border terrorism.
- Operation date
- September 28–29, 2016
- Anniversary
- 10th anniversary of the surgical strikes
- Preceding attack
- The September 18, 2016, Uri Army-base attack
- Reported fatalities
- Government records later cited 19 Indian soldiers killed
- Target
- Terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control
- Commemorative occasion
- Surgical Strike Day
- Related operations cited
- Balakot airstrikes in February 2019 and Operation Sindoor in April 2025