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. No.	Names of Operation	Year	Location	Notes
1	During First Kashmir War	1947	Kashmir
2	Operation Polo	1948	Hyderabad	Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in Southern India, into the Indian Union
3	Operation Vijay	1961	Goa, Daman & 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 Second Kashmir War	1965
6	During Sino-Indian War of 1967	1967	Nathu La and 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 Bangladesh Liberation War	1971	Bangladesh	See also Battle of Longewala, Battle of Hilli, Battle of Basantar
8	Amalgamation of Sikkim		Sikkim	Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which Sikkim joined India as a 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.
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.
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 IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
18	Operation Trishul	1988	Sri Lanka	Along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
19	Operation Checkmate	1988	Sri Lanka	It was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the IPKF against the LTTE in the Vadamarachi area of northern Sri Lanka in June 1988
20	Operation Cactus	1988	Maldives	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	Kargil	Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the 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
24	Operation Black Tornado, Operation Cyclone	2008	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Against the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
25	Operation Surya Hope	2013		For saving people trapped in the 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 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 Commandos allegedly carried out a surgical strike 2–3 km inside Pakistan administered Kashmir crossing the Line of Control.
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	Operation Randori Behak	2020	Jammu and Kashmir
34	Operation Whitewash	2012	Siachen Glacier

Ongoing operations

Sr. No.	Name of Operation	Year	Location	Notes
1	Operation Rakshak		Jammu and Kashmir
2	Operation Goodwill	1998–present	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	2017	Jammu and 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 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.

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) a humanitarian assistance aimed to supply relief packages to Bangladesh for migrant Rohingya Muslims.
• Operation Bandar (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.

See also

• Indian Army
• Indian Navy
• Indian Air Force
• Indian Armed Forces