Important military Operations

  • Operation Parakram-

The operation was launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. Thousands of Indian troops were deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation was the largest military exercise carried out by any Asian country

  • Operation Trident (1971)-

This was a naval offensive operation launched on Pakistan’s port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to mark this operation.

  • Operation Cactus-

The operation was launched in Nov 1988 on call of Maldives President MA Gayoom, who was under threat of a coup from mercenaries. The three services of India launched the operation and captured the mercenaries.

  • Operation Vijay (1961)-

Launched in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguese control.

  • Operation Vijay (1999)-

Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector.

  • Operation Vajra Shakti-

Launched in Sep 2002 to evacuate Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat of terrorists.

  • Operation Black Thunder-

Launched by DGP KPS Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of militants.

  • Operation Blue Star-

Launched during the reign of Mrs Indira Gandhi in Jun 1984 against the Sikh militants operating from the Golden Temple.

  • Operation Black Tornado-

An action by National Security Guards against the 26 Nov 2008 terrorists attacks in Mumbai.

  • Operation Brasstacks-

The operation was launched by the Indian Army in November 1986 to simulate a full-scale war on the western border.

  • Operation Green Hunt-

The name given to Government’s paramilitary offensive against the naxals in the ‘Red Corridor’.

  • Operation Dhangu Suraksha-

This refers to the operation launched in Jan 2016 to neutralise terrorists who attacked Pathankot air base in Punjab.

  • Operation Meghdoot-

An operation launched by the Indian Military to capture the Siachen Glacier in the disputed Kashmir region in April 1984. The Indian troops finally gained control of the entire Siachen Glacier.

  • Operation Safed Sagar-

It was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force’s strike to support the Ground troops during Operation Vijay Kargil.

  • Operation Pawan-

It was the codename given to the operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late 1987.

  •  Operation Talwar-

This refers to the deployment of Naval Fleets in the North Arabian Sea during the 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan.

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