May 08, 2025
Colonel Sofiya Qureshi was born in 1974 in Vadodara, Gujarat, to a military family
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Colonel Sofiya Qureshi is in the news because she, along with Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, briefed the media about India's "Operation Sindoor" against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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She completed her master’s degree in Biochemistry from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1997.
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Her grandfather worked as a religious teacher in the army, showing a long family connection with military service, according to an official statement from the Gujarat government.
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Col Sofiya Qureshi is an officer in the Mechanised Infantry and made history in 2016 as the first Indian woman to lead a team at a multinational army exercise.
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At the Force 18 military exercise, she was the only woman commander among 18 countries. Her husband, also an army officer, was part of the Indian team.
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She served along the Punjab border during Operation Parakram after the 2001 Parliament attack and received a special award from senior army leadership for her service.
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From 2006, Col Qureshi worked for six years in the Congo under the United Nations peacekeeping mission, helping bring peace to areas affected by conflict.
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She joined the Indian Army's Signals Corps in 1999 and in 2016 after leading an international military exercise as a woman commander.
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Col Qureshi, along with Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, explained the details of India’s recent Operation Sindoor during a media briefing.
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