List of military operations of India

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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 [[List of countries by size of armed forces|the world's second largest armed force]]s.

==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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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No.
!Names of Operation
!Year
!Location
!Notes
|-the First Kashmir War, was an armed conflict that was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars that was fought between the two newly-independent nations
|1
|During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|First Kashmir War]]
|1947
|[[Kashmir]]
|
|-
|2
|[[Operation Polo]]
|1948
|[[Hyderabad]]
|Indian armed forces ended the rule of the [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in [[Southern India]], into the Indian Union
|-
|3
|[[Operation Vijay (1961)|Operation Vijay]]
|1961
|[[Goa]], [[Daman, India|Daman]] & [[Diu, India|Diu]]
|The operation by the [[Military of India]] that led to the incorporation of [[Portuguese India]] (Goa, Daman, and Diu) into India
|-
|4
|During [[Sino-Indian War]]
|1962
|
|
|-
|5
|During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Second Kashmir War]]
|1965
|
|
|-
|6
|During [[Nathu La and Cho La clashes|Sino-Indian War of 1967]]
|1967
|[[Nathu La]] and [[Cho La (Sikkim and Tibet)|Cho La]], on the border between [[China]] and the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]
|Chinese offensives on Nathu La and Cho La repelled
|-
|7
|[[Operation Steeplechase]]
|1971
|
|Combined operation against [[Naxalites]]
|-
|8
|During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Bangladesh Liberation War]]
|1971
|Bangladesh
|See also [[Battle of Longewala]], [[Battle of Hilli]], [[Battle of Basantar]]
|-
|8
|[[History of Sikkim|Amalgamation of Sikkim]]
|
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[Indian Army]] disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which [[Sikkim]] joined India as a [[States and Union Territories of India|State of India]].
|-
|10
|During [[Siachen conflict]]
|1984
|Kashmir
|
|-
|11
|[[Operation Blue Star]]
|1984
|Punjab
|Carried out to remove separatist religious leader [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] and his armed followers from the buildings of the [[Harmandir Sahib]] complex in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].
|-
|12
|[[Operation Woodrose]]
|1984
|Punjab
|Took place in the months after [[Operation Blue Star]] to "prevent the outbreak of widespread public protest" in the state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].
|-
|13
|[[Operation Meghdoot]]
|1984
|
|[[Indian military]]'s capture of the majority of [[Siachen Glacier]].
|-
|14
|[[Operation Rajiv]]
|1987
|
|[[Indian military]]'s capture of Quaid Post/Bana Top.
|-
|15
|[[Operation Bluebird]]
|1987
|[[Manipur]]
|Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks on the [[Assam Rifles]]' outpost
|-
|16
|[[Operation Pawan]]
|1987
|[[Sri Lanka]]
|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]]
|-
|17
|[[Operation Viraat]]
|1988
|Sri Lanka
|It was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force|IPKF]] against the [[LTTE]] in April 1988 in [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Sri Lanka]].
|-
|18
|[[Operation Trishul]]
|1988
|Sri Lanka
|Along with [[Operation Viraat]], was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force|IPKF]] against the [[LTTE]] in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
|-
|19
|[[Operation Checkmate (Sri Lanka)|Operation Checkmate]]
|1988
|Sri Lanka
|It was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force|IPKF]] against the [[LTTE]] in the [[Vadamarachi]] area of northern [[Sri Lanka]] in June 1988
|-
|20
|[[Operation Cactus]]
|1988
|[[Maldives]]
|[[Para (Indian Special Forces)|Paracommandos]] of [[Indian Army]] and [[MARCOS]] of [[Indian Navy]] oust [[Tamil nationalist]] [[mercenaries]] of [[PLOTE]] who instigated a coup in [[Malé]] in the [[Maldives]].
|-
|21
|[[Operation Vijay (1999)|Operation Vijay]]
|1999
|Kargil
|Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the [[Kargil district|Kargil]] Sector, in the 1999 [[Kargil War]].
|-
|22
|[[Operation Parakram]]
|2001
|
|
|-
|23
|[[Operation Sarp Vinash]]
|2003
|Jammu and Kashmir
|An assault on the largest system of hideouts used by insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 60 militants were killed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/operation-sarp-vinash-army-clears-hill-kaka/articleshow/47305413.cms?from=mdr|title=Operation Sarp Vinash: Army clears Hill Kaka|last=Kumar|first=Devesh|date=2003-05-24|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/23josy1.htm|title=Operation 'Sarp Vinash': Over 60 terrorists killed|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref>
|-
|24
|[[Operation Black Tornado]], [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks|Operation Cyclone]]
|2008
|[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
|Against the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks]]
|-

|25
|[[Operation Surya Hope]]
|2013
|
|For saving people trapped in the [[2013 North India floods|Uttarakhand Disaster]]
|-
|26
|Operation Mehar
|2014
|[[Visakhapatnam]]
|[[Cyclone Hudhud]]
|-

|27
|[[Operation All Out]]
|2015
|
|for flushing out militants from specially Kashmir region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India.
|-
|28
|[[Operation Maitri]]
|2015
|[[Nepal]]
|India's Army-led rescue and relief mission in quake-hit Nepal
|-
|29
|[[2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar]]
|2015
|[[Myanmar]]
|Indian Army allegedly conducted hot pursuit of Naga terror outfit [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland|NSCN]]-Khaplang along the [[India-Myanmar border]].
|-
|30
|[[2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation]]
|2016
|
|On 29 September 2016, Director General of Military Operations disclosed that Indian [[Para (Special Forces)|Para Commandos]] allegedly carried out a surgical strike 2–3 km inside [[Pakistan administered Kashmir]] crossing the Line of Control.<ref name="quint">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2016/09/29/multiple-surgical-strikes-carried-out-on-night-dgmo-ranbir-singh-pakistan-vikas-swarup-indian-army-infiltratiom|title=Pak Summons Indian High Commissioner Over Surgical Strikes|date=September 29, 2016|work=The Quint|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|31
|[[Operation Calm Down]]
|2016
|Jammu and Kashmir
|
|-
|32
|[[Operation Sahyog]]
|2018
|[[Kerala]]
|Indian Army launched Operation Sahyog to rescue people in flood-hit Kerala. Indian Army has deployed its men and machinery into disaster relief and rescue operations at [[Kannur]], [[Kozhikode]], [[Wayanad]] and [[Idukki]] after incessant rain
|-
|33
|[[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Randori Behak]]
|2020
|Jammu and Kashmir
|-
|34
|[[Operation Whitewash]]
|2012
|Siachen Glacier
|
|}

=== Ongoing operations ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Sr. No.
!Name of Operation
!Year
!Location
!Notes
|-
|1
|[[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak]]
|
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|
|-
|2
|[[Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill)|Operation Goodwill]]
|1998–present
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|humanitarian tasks in J&K
|-
|3
|Operation Good Samaritan
|
|
|humanitarian tasks in [[Manipur]]/[[Nagaland]]
|-
|4
|Operation Samudra Setu
|2020
|
|Repatriate Indian citizen from [[Maldives]] during [[COVID-19]] crisis
|-
|5
|Operation Vanilla
|
|
|To assist the population of Madagascar affected by Cyclone Diane
|-
|6
|[[Operation All Out (Kashmir)|Operation All Out Kashmir]]
|2017
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/kashmir-militancy-hizbul-mujahideen-indian-army/story/1/20687.html|title=Indian Army's 'Operation All Out' in Kashmir killed 190 terrorists, but there is reason to worry|last=Sandhu|first=Kamaljit|date=2017-11-20|work=DailyO}}</ref>
|}

==Navy operations==
* [[Operation Vijay (1961)|Operation Vijay]] (1961) - Annexation of Goa
* [[Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971)|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 [[India]]n, [[Sri Lanka]]n and [[Nepal]]ese 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 (India)|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 (P57)|INS Sunayna]] to evacuate Indian citizens from Yemen Island of Socotra who were stranded by Cyclone Mekenu.
* [[Operation Madad (Indian Navy)#2018 Kerala floods|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.

==Air Operations==
* During [[World War II]] (1939–1945) (Main article- [[India during World War 2]])
* During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|First Kashmir War]] (1947)
* During [[Congo Crisis]] (1961)
* During [[Sino-Indian War]] (1962)
* During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Second Kashmir War]] (1965)
* During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|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) a humanitarian assistance aimed to supply relief packages to Bangladesh for migrant [[Rohingya]] Muslims.
*[[2019 Balakot airstrike|Operation Bandar]] (2019) An airstrike carried out by [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] in response to the [[2019 Pulwama attack|Pulwama terror attack]] on 14 February 2019 by a suicide bomber, killing 40 Indian soldiers.

==See also==
* [[Indian Army]]
* [[Indian Navy]]
* [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Indian Armed Forces]]

==References==
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