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The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 7 May 2025

Land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces

The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 6 May 1857

British joint-stock company (1600–1858)

Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 3 May 1999

1999 conflict between India and Pakistan

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GERMANY

🗓️ 2 May 1945

Nazi forced transfers of prisoners

Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria

📜 SPACE🌍 UNITED STATES

🗓️ 2 May 1989

1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR

The 7.2 Mw  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)

📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL

🗓️ 1 May 1929

Earthquake centered on the Iran-Turkmenistan border

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.

📜 ISLAMIC FESTIVALS🌍 GLOBAL

🗓️ 1 May 2018

2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria

A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 FRANCE

🗓️ 30 April 1863

French Army corps of foreign nationals

World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES

🗓️ 26 April 1945

Largest highly urbanized city in Benguet, Philippines

Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas

📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES

🗓️ 25 April 1846

Part of the Mexican–American War in 1846

French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin

📜 WARS🌍 FRANCE

🗓️ 25 April 1882

Government of France from 1870 to 1940

Korean War: The Chinese People’s Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES

🗓️ 22 April 1951

Armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, 1950–1953

At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam

📜 HINDU FESTIVALS🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 22 April 2025

Islamist terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 21 April 1948

1948 resolution on resolving the Kashmir conflict

South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL

🗓️ 19 April 1975

Defunct South Vietnamese ground forces

India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict

📜 CITIES🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 16 April 2001

Country in South Asia

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig

📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES

🗓️ 15 April 1900

Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1

📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 INDIA

🗓️ 13 April 1919

1919 massacre of Indian protesters

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The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.

The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.

Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated

Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria

The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.

A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2

World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment

Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas

French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin

Korean War: The Chinese People’s Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam

United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1

The 7.2 Mw  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)