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List of military operations of India

The Indian Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Republic of India encompassing the Indian Army,
the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The President of India serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed
forces. With an estimated total active force of 1,325,000 personnel, maintains the world's second largest armed forces.

Contents
Army operations
Old operations
Ongoing operations
Navy operations
Air Operations
See also
References

Army operations
This includes a list of army operations, both old one as well as ongoing operations, as well as humanitarian military
operations:

Old operations

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Sr. Name of
Year Location Notes
No. Operation
During First
1 1947 Kashmir
Kashmir War
Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam of
2 Operation Polo 1948 Hyderabad Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state
of Hyderabad in Southern India, into the Indian Union
Goa, The operation by the Military of India that led to the capture of
3 Operation Vijay 1961 Daman & Goa, Daman and Diu and Anjidiv Islands from the
Diu Portuguese colonial holding in 1961
During Sino-
4 1962
Indian War
During Second
5 1965
Kashmir War
Operation
6 1971 Combined operation against Naxalites
Steeplechase
During
See also Battle of Longewala, Battle of Hilli, Battle of
7 Bangladesh 1971 Bangladesh
Basantar
Liberation War
Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the
Amalgamation
8 Sikkim Sikkimese King, after which Sikkim joined India as a State of
of Sikkim
India.
During Siachen
9 1980 Kashmir
conflict
Carried out to remove militant religious leader Jarnail Singh
Operation Blue
10 1984 Punjab Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of
Star
the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab.
Took place in the months after Operation Blue Star to
Operation
11 1984 Punjab "prevent the outbreak of widespread public protest" in the
Woodrose
state of Punjab.
Operation
12 1984 Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier.
Meghdoot
13 Operation Rajiv 1987 Indian military's capture of Quaid Post/Bana Top.
Operation Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks on the Assam
14 1987 Manipur
Bluebird Rifles' outpost
Operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force to take
Operation control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late 1987 to enforce the
15 1987 Sri Lanka
Pawan disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lankan
Accord
Operation It was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF
16 1988 Sri Lanka
Viraat against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
Along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency
Operation
17 1988 Sri Lanka operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April
Trishul
1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
It was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the IPKF
Operation
18 1988 Sri Lanka against the LTTE in the Vadamarachi area of northern Sri
Checkmate
Lanka in June 1988
Paracommandos of Indian Army and MARCOS of Indian
Operation
19 1988 Maldives Navy oust Tamil nationalist mercenaries of PLOTE who
Cactus
instigated a coup in Malé in the Maldives.
Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil
20 Operation Vijay 1999 Kargil
Sector, in the 1999 Kargil War.

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Sr. Name of
Year Location Notes
No. Operation
Operation
21 2001
Parakram
An assault on the largest system of hideouts used by
Operation Sarp Jammu and
22 2003 insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 60 terrorists
Vinash Kashmir
were killed[1][2]
Operation Black
Tornado, Mumbai,
23 2008 Against the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
Operation Maharashtra
Cyclone
Operation
24 2013 for saving people trapped in the 2013 North India floods
Surya Hope
Operation All for flushing out militants from specially Kashmir region of
25 2015
Out Jammu and Kashmir state of India.
26 Operation Maitri 2015 Nepal India's Army-led rescue and relief mission in quake-hit Nepal
2015 Indian
counter-
Indian Army conducted hot pursuit of Naga terror outfit
27 insurgency 2015 Myanmar
NSCN-Khaplang along the India-Myanmar border.
operation in
Myanmar

2016 India– On 29 September 2016, Director General of Military

Pakistan Operations disclosed that Indian Para Commandos carried
28 2016
military out a surgical strike 2–3 km inside Pakistan occupied
confrontation Kashmir crossing the Line of Control.[3]
Operation Calm Jammu and
29 2016
Down Kashmir
Indian Army launched Operation Sahyog to rescue people in
Operation flood-hit Kerala. Indian Army has deployed its men and
30 2018 Kerala
Sahyog machinery into disaster relief and rescue operations at
Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Idukki after incessant rain

Ongoing operations

Sr.
Name of Operation Year Location Notes
No.
1998 - Jammu and
1 Operation Goodwill humanitarian tasks in J&K
present Kashmir
Operation Good humanitarian tasks in
2
Samaritan Manipur/Nagaland
Operation All Out [4]
3 2017
Kashmir

Navy operations
Operation Vijay (1961) - Annexation of Goa
Operation Trident (1971) - an offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-
Pakistani War of 1971.
Operation Python (1971) - Follow-up to Operation Trident on Karachi, Pakistan's port city in 1971.
Operation Cactus (1988) - Against the coup to overthrow the Government of Maldives.
During Operation Restore Hope (1992–2003) -
Operation Parakram (2001)
During Operation Enduring Freedom (2001)

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During 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (Operation Madath, Operation Sea Waves, Operation Castor, Operation
Rainbow, Operation Gambhir & Operation Rahat-II)
Operation Sukoon (2006) - a relief operation to evacuate Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals, as well as
Lebanese nationals with Indian spouses, from the conflict zone during the 2006 Lebanon War
Operation Search Light-The Search Operation Undertaken by Indian Navy to find the missing Boieng 777 M.H 17
Malaysian Flight
Operation Raahat (2015) - Operation by the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign
nationals from Yemen during the 2015 military intervention by Saudi Arabia and its allies in that country during the
Yemeni Crisis.
Operation Nistar(India) (2018) - Operation by the Indian Navy using INS Sunayna to evacuate Indian citizens from
Yemen Island of Socotra who were stranded by Cyclone Mekenu.
Operation Madad (2018) - Indian Navy had launched Operation Madad, major rescue and relief operation in flood-
hit Kerala. The operation was launched to assist state administration and undertake disaster relief operations due
to unprecedented flooding in many parts of Kerala.

Air Operations
During World War II (1939–1945) (Main article- India during World War 2)
During First Kashmir War (1947)
During Congo Crisis (1961)
During Sino-Indian War (1962)
During Second Kashmir War (1965)
During Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
Meghna Heli Bridge (1971)
Tangail Airdrop (1971)
Operation Meghdoot (1984)
Operation Poomalai (1987)
Operation Cactus (1988)
Operation Safed Sagar (1999)
Atlantique incident (1999)
Operation Rahat (2013) in Uttarakhand floods
Operation Maitri (2015) Indian Military's rescue and relief mission in quake-hit Nepal
Operation Sankat Mochan (2016) An operation of the Indian Air Force in view of 2016 Juba Clashes to evacuate
Indian Citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War.
Operation Insaniyat (2017) an Humanitarian assistance aimed to supply relief packages to Bangladesh for
migrant Rohingya Muslims.
Balakot airstrike (2019) An airstrike carried out by IAF in response to the Pulwama terror attack on 14 February
2019 by a suicide bomber , killing 40 Indian soldiers. The terror base of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Balakot was
destroyed by 12 Dassault Mirage 2000 carrying 1000kg payload as claimed by India.

See also
Indian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Air Force
Indian Armed Forces

References
1. Kumar, Devesh (2003-05-24). "Operation Sarp Vinash: Army clears Hill Kaka" (https://economictimes.indiatimes.c
om/operation-sarp-vinash-army-clears-hill-kaka/articleshow/47305413.cms?from=mdr). The Economic Times.
Retrieved 2018-07-15.
2. "Operation 'Sarp Vinash': Over 60 terrorists killed" (http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/23josy1.htm).
www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
3. "Pak Summons Indian High Commissioner Over Surgical Strikes" (https://www.thequint.com/india/2016/09/29/mul
tiple-surgical-strikes-carried-out-on-night-dgmo-ranbir-singh-pakistan-vikas-swarup-indian-army-infiltratiom). The
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Quint. September 29, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

4. Sandhu, Kamaljit (2017-11-20). "Indian Army's 'Operation All Out' in Kashmir killed 190 terrorists, but there is
reason to worry" (https://www.dailyo.in/politics/kashmir-militancy-hizbul-mujahideen-indian-army/story/1/20687.ht
ml). DailyO.

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