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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.

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. Names of
Year Location Notes
No. Operation

1 Operation Peace 1948 Junagadh State Annexation of Junagadh[1][2]

Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam

of Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the
2 Operation Polo 1948 Hyderabad State
princely state of Hyderabad in Southern India,
into the Indian Union

Golden Temple
3 1955 Punjab To curb the Punjabi Suba Morcha.
Raid I
The operation by the Military of India that led to
4 Operation Vijay 1961 Goa, Daman & Diu the incorporation of Portuguese India (Goa,
Daman, and Diu) into India

Operations by the Indian Army along the western

border in May-June 1965, following Pakistani
Indo-Pak Border attack in the Rann of Kutch. It took place
5 Operation Ablaze 1965 between the operations in the Rann of Kutch
(Western sector)
(Operation Kabaddi, April 1965) and Operation
Gibraltar by Pakistan.[3]
11 Corps offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War
6 Operation Riddle 1965 Punjab sector
of 1965[3]
1 Corps offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War
7 Operation Nepal 1965 Sialkot sector
of 1965[3]
Operation
8 1971 Red Corridor Combined operation against Naxalites
Steeplechase

Operation Cactus
9
Lily
1971 Indo-Pak Border Indo-Pakistani War of 1971[4]

Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal

Amalgamation of
10 1975 Sikkim Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which Sikkim
Sikkim
joined India as a State of India.
Operation Blue Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir
11 1984 Punjab
Star Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab

Operation
12 1984 Punjab
Woodrose

The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the

Operation eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas,
13 1984 Siachen Glacier, India
Meghdoot Ladakh at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just
northeast of the point NJ9842.
Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh,
To capture Sikh militant leaders outside the
Maharashtra,
Operation confines of the Punjab state. 1 Sikh militant
14 1985 Himachal Pradesh,
Shivalik captured and detained, 38 sympathizers
Haryana and Uttar
detained.
Pradesh (mainly Terai
Regions)

Operation Black Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir

15 1986 Punjab
Thunder I Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab

Operation
16 1986 Punjab
Pacification
To capture or kill Avatar Singh Bramha, a Sikh
17 Operation Mand 1986 Punjab
Militant. 1 helicopter lost, no militant detained.

Operation Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks

18 1987 Manipur
Bluebird on the Assam Rifles' outpost

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Sr. Names of
Year Location Notes
No. Operation

Golden Temple Rumor that Sikh Militant Gurjit Singh was in the
19 1987 Punjab
Raid II Golden Temple complex. Not found.

Operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force

to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late
1987 to enforce the disarmament of the LTTE as
a part of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord.Operation
20 Operation Pawan 1987 Sri Lanka
Viraat, which occurred in 1988, after Operation
Pawan, was an anti-insurgency operation
launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April
1988 in Northern Sri Lanka
Operation Black Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir
21 1988 Punjab
Thunder II Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab

Operation Night 1990-

22 Punjab To control the landscape of Punjab at night.
Dominance 1994

Operation
23 1990 Punjab To curb Sikh militancy.
Rakshak I
Operation Vadhi Indian Police and Army operation to kill militant
24 1991 Punjab
Pahar member Seetal Singh Mattewal.

To bring a secure election, did not succeed as

Operation
25 1992 Punjab militants boycotted election, data suggests only
Election
21% of Punjab voted.

Golden Temple To stop commemoration of the assassins of

26 1992 Punjab
Raid III General Shidhar Vaidya.
An assault on the largest system of hideouts
Operation Sarp used by insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir in
27 2003 Jammu and Kashmir
Vinash
which over 60 militants were killed[5][6]
Operation Black
28 2008 Mumbai, Maharashtra Against the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
Tornado

for flushing out militants from specially Kashmir

29 Operation All Out 2017
region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India.

2015 Indian
counter- Indian Army allegedly conducted hot pursuit of
30 insurgency 2015 Myanmar Naga terror outfit NSCN-Khaplang along the
operation in India-Myanmar border.
Myanmar
Operation Calm
31 2016 Jammu and Kashmir
Down

Operation
32 2020 Jammu and Kashmir
Randori Behak

Operation Devi Punjab, Haryana, To help fleeing Hindus and Sikhs from the
33 2021
Shakti Delhi, Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
To evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the 2022
34 Operation Ganga 2022 Ukraine Russian invasion of Ukraine, who had crossed
over to neighboring countries

Ongoing operations

Sr.
Name of Operation Year Location Notes
No.

Operation Rakshak 1991– Jammu and Kashmir,

1 Curb militancy.
II Present Punjab

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1998–
2 Operation Goodwill Jammu and Kashmir Humanitarian tasks.
present
Operation Good
3 Manipur/Nagaland Humanitarian tasks.
Samaritan

Operation All Out

4
Kashmir
2017 Jammu and Kashmir Curb militancy.[7]

Operation Snow Control key heights along the LAC in

5 2020 Ladakh
Leopard eastern Ladakh.[8]

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 Talwar (1999) - Blockage of Karachi Port
Operation Parakram (2001)
During Operation Enduring Freedom (2001)
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 Searchlight (2014) -The Search Operation Undertaken by Indian Navy to find the
missing Boeing 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 flooding in many parts of Kerala.
Operation Samudra Setu (2020) - This operation was launched to bring back Indian citizens
struck at overseas during COVID-19 pandemic.

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 (Operation Meghna Heli Bridge) (1971)
Meghna Heli Bridge (1971)
Tangail Airdrop (1971)
Operation Meghdoot (1984)
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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 (India) (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) a humanitarian assistance aimed to supply relief packages to
Bangladesh for migrant Rohingya Muslims.
Operation Bandar (2019) Operation launched by IAF to bomb the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed
terror camp in Balakot to avenge the Pulwama terror attack. In this operation almost 170-200
terrorists were killed and 45 terrorists were severely injured.
Operation Ganga (2022) An operation by Government of India to evacuate the Indian citizens
(mainly students) from Ukraine amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with the help of
Indian Air Force and few private airlines.
Operation Dost (2023) Turkey and Syria earthquake.
Operation Kaveri (2023) evacuation of Indian citizens from Sudan
Operation Ajay(2023) evacuation of Indian national from Israel and Palestine

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

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