The ceasefire agreement followed days of retaliatory strikes and heightened tensions with Pakistan after India conducted cross-border strikes on terrorist camps.

Operation Sindoor was launched in response to the Pahalgam attack in which 25 tourists and a local guide were killed in cold blood by terrorists on April 22.

India launched a massive strike deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) to avenge the killing of Indian civilians by Pakistan-linked terrorists. The operation was an absolute success,