Army Chief pays homage to Operation Pawan bravehearts at National War Memorial

For the archetypal time, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) paid homage to soldiers who laid down their lives during Operation Pawan, the 1987 Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) ngo successful Sri Lanka.

A elder authoritative said that until present lone the families of the fallen soldiers and veterans who served successful the cognition gathered astatine the National War Memorial to people the anniversary. “This clip General Upendra Dwivedi paid homage to the braveheart soldiers of Operation Pawan that occurred successful Sri Lanka successful 1987,” the authoritative stated.

General Dwivedi was accompanied by Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, Vice Chief of the Army, who himself participated successful the cognition arsenic a young officer.

Operation Pawan was started successful October 1987 and ended successful 1990, resulted successful hundreds of unit killed and implicit a 1000 injured.

In a solemn ceremony, the Army said, the COAS laid a wreath astatine the National War Memorial, honouring the bravehearts who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Joining him were Major General Ashok K. Mehta (retd.), Lieutenant Colonel Atul Kochar, MVC (retd.), and Mrs. Uma Parameswaran, woman of Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, PVC (posthumous). Several serving personnel, veterans, and families were besides present, paying heartfelt tributes successful corporate remembrance.

The IPKF received galore gallantry medals — which included the PVC for Maj. Parameswaran, who died connected November 25 successful 1987 — and 98 Vir Chakras.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh posted a tribute connected X, writing, “Remembering and paying tributes to Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran connected his ‘Balidan Diwas’. He showed exceptional courageousness and enactment during ‘Operation Pawan’ successful Jaffna. His ultimate sacrifice and steadfast resoluteness stay a guiding airy for our Armed Forces and our nation.”