IN PHOTOS: India pays tribute to Pulwama martyrs

Four years ago, on 14 February 2019, a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying more than 2500 Indian security personnel from Jammu to Srinagar on National Highway 44 was attacked by vehicle-borne suicide bomber in Pulwama district’s Lethapora. This left 40 Indian CRPF personnel being killed and many others injured. Commoners, political leaders and activists remember and pay tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives amid the attack. (All pictures: Twitter & PTI)

Updated On: 2023-02-14 05:41 PM IST

The attack was the deadliest terror attack on India's security personnel in Kashmir since 1989

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to the martyrs of the tragedy. “Heartfelt tribute to the brave martyrs of Pulwama terror attack. India will always remember his supreme sacrifice,” Rahul wrote on Twitter

Prime Minister Modi also expressed his thoughts on the incident as it marked four years of the tragedy. “Remembering our valorous heroes who we lost on this day in Pulwama. We will never forget their supreme sacrifice. Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India,” PM Modi wrote

Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, a retired General Officer of the Indian Army, paid floral tribute in the memory of “supreme sacrifice of Pulwama Bravehearts.” “With prayers on lips & pride in heart, we salute the supreme sacrifice of our fallen comrades,” KJS Dhillon tweeted

Sudarsan Pattnaik,  a Padma Shri Awardee sand artist, paid tribute to the martyrs of Pulwama

“Remembering and saluting the supreme sacrifice of our bravehearts during the cowardly Pulwama Attack. India will never forget. Jai Hind!” tweeted Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis while remembering the martyrs

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