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{{Short description|Indian peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka}} | |||
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'''Operation Trishul''' ({{lang-sa|त्रिशूल}} ''Triśūla'', lit. "Operation [[Trishula|Trishul]]"), along with [[Operation Viraat]], was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the [[IPKF]] against the [[LTTE]] in April 1988 in Northern [[Sri Lanka]], in the provinces of [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Maannar]] to [[Mullaitivu]] and [[Elephant Pass]] to [[Vavuniya]].<ref name=BS>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1987/Chapter04.html |accessdate=January 20, 2007 | '''Operation Trishul''' ({{lang-sa|त्रिशूल}} ''Triśūla'', lit. "Operation [[Trishula|Trishul]]"), along with [[Operation Viraat]], was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the [[IPKF]] against the [[LTTE]] in April 1988 in Northern [[Sri Lanka]], in the provinces of [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Maannar]] to [[Mullaitivu]] and [[Elephant Pass]] to [[Vavuniya]].<ref name="BS">{{cite web|title=Shifting to the Jungles|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1987/Chapter04.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=January 20, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207042557/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1987/Chapter04.html|archivedate=December 7, 2006}}</ref> | ||
The operation was planned as a result of the evolving doctrine among the Indian high command of conducting [[search and destroy]] missions against LTTE strongholds instead of holding key strongpoints. | The operation was planned as a result of the evolving doctrine among the Indian high command of conducting [[search and destroy]] missions against LTTE strongholds instead of holding key strongpoints. | ||
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Template:Campaignbox Sri Lankan Civil War Operation Trishul (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल Triśūla, lit. "Operation Trishul"), along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka, in the provinces of Maannar to Mullaitivu and Elephant Pass to Vavuniya.[1]
The operation was planned as a result of the evolving doctrine among the Indian high command of conducting search and destroy missions against LTTE strongholds instead of holding key strongpoints.
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- ↑ "Shifting to the Jungles". Archived from the original on December 7, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2007.