The Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board on Tuesday said that it has decided to introduce Operation Sindoor in its madrasa curriculum.
Mufti Shamoon Qasmi, President of the Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Council, met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Speaking to the media, Mr. Qasmi said the step is aimed at instilling a sense of patriotism among students of madrasas. Praising the bravery of the armed forces, he emphasised that Uttarakhand is the ‘land of heroes’ and hence stories of armed forced must be taught to each student here.
“Uttarakhand is not just Devbhoomi, which is land of gods, but also the veerbhoomi meaning the land of soldiers. We have decided to include Operation Sindoor and stories of other military operations done by our defence forces in the syllabus which will be taught up to the Alia, that is intermediate, so that our students get to know about the valour of the Indian forces,” Mr. Qasmi further said.
As part of Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan engaged in a military confrontation for over four days with India’s precision strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 7. The tensions between the two countries escalated after 26 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22. An offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, The Resistance Front, claimed responsibility for the incident.
Describing Pakistan as a “nefarious country”, Mr. Qasmi said it was essential to teach the neighbour a lesson for the way it attacked India and killed people in Pahalgam.
Uttarakhand has around 451 madrasas, in which over 50,000 students take classes.
Published – May 21, 2025 01:22 am IST
