New Delhi: It was around 3:00 pm on this day, last year when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist rammed a vehicle carrying explosives into the Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) convoy on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
Around 40 CRPF personnel were killed when their convoy was targeted by the suicide bomber of Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pulwama district.
On its anniversary, India pays tribute to all bravehearts who lost their life in Pulwama.
A day later on February 27, IAF foiled an attempt by PAF to strike at military installations in Jammu and Kashmir.
In the aerial skirmish, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman piloting a MIG-21 Bison aircraft shot down a much-advanced F-16 of PAF.
Also Read: Memorial to 40 CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama attack to be inaugurated today