Operation Sindoor, one of India’s greatest military victories, has conclusively established New India’s Modi Doctrine of proactively pulverising global terrorism sponsored by nation states.

Operation Sindoor was significantly distinct from other successful strikes carried out against Pakistan after Modi became prime minister. Even Operation Neptune Spear conducted in 2011 by the United States military to eliminate Bin Laden was limited to a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. But Operation Sindoor, effected by our valiant Indian armed forces, geographically struck not just in the vicinity of the Line of Control or International Border, but right in the centre of Pakistan—a nuclear state.

From Nehru to Modi, India’s canvas of engagement with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism is distinguished by marked contrast. Following the Pakistan-backed tribal militia incursion in October 1947, Nehru—who also held the portfolio of foreign minister—internationalised the Kashmir issue in 1948, by referring it to the United Nations Security Council. Between 1962-1964, the Nehru government, bowing to........

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