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List of military operations of India

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TheIndian Armed Forces is the overall unifiedmilitary of theRepublic of India encompassing theIndian Army, theIndian Air Force and theIndian Navy. ThePresident of India serves as thecommander-in-chief of the armed forces. With an estimated total active force of 1,325,000 personnel, maintainsthe world's second largest armed forces.

Army operations

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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	Operation Peace	1948	Junagadh State	Annexation of Junagadh^[1]^[2]
2	Operation Polo	1948	Hyderabad State	Indian armed forces ended the rule of theNizam ofHyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad inSouthern India, into the Indian Union
3	Golden Temple Raid I	1955	Punjab	To curb thePunjabi Suba Morcha.
4	Operation Vijay	1961	Goa,Daman &Diu	The operation by theMilitary of India that led to the incorporation ofPortuguese India (Goa, Daman, and Diu) into India
5	Operation Ablaze	1965	Indo-Pak Border (Western sector)	Operations by the Indian Army along the western border in May-June 1965, following Pakistani attack in the Rann of Kutch. It took place between the operations in the Rann of Kutch (Operation Kabaddi, April 1965) and Operation Gibraltar by Pakistan.^[3]
6	Operation Riddle	1965	Punjab sector	11 Corps offensive during theIndo-Pakistani War of 1965^[3]
7	Operation Nepal	1965	Sialkot sector	1 Corps offensive during theIndo-Pakistani War of 1965^[3]
8	Operation Steeplechase	1971	Red Corridor	Combined operation againstNaxalites
9	Operation Cactus Lily	1971	Indo-Pak Border	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971^[4]
10	Amalgamation of Sikkim	1975	Sikkim	Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after whichSikkim joined India as aState of India.
11	Operation Blue Star	1984	Punjab	Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib inAmritsar,Punjab
12	Operation Woodrose	1984	Punjab
13	Operation Meghdoot	1984	Siachen Glacier,India	The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas,Ladakh at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just northeast of the point NJ9842.
14	Operation Shivalik	1985	Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (mainly Terai Regions)	To capture Sikh militant leaders outside the confines of the Punjab state. 1 Sikh militant captured and detained, 38 sympathizers detained.
15	Operation Black Thunder I	1986	Punjab	Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib inAmritsar,Punjab
16	Operation Pacification	1986	Punjab
17	Operation Mand	1986	Punjab	To capture or kill Avatar Singh Bramha, a Sikh Militant. 1 helicopter lost, no militant detained.
18	Operation Bluebird	1987	Manipur	Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks on theAssam Rifles' outpost
19	Golden Temple Raid II	1987	Punjab	Rumor that Sikh Militant Gurjit Singh was in the Golden Temple complex. Not found.
20	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.Operation 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
21	Operation Black Thunder II	1988	Punjab	Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib inAmritsar,Punjab
22	Operation Night Dominance	1990-1994	Punjab	To control the landscape of Punjab at night.
23	Operation Rakshak I	1990	Punjab	To curb Sikh militancy.
24	Operation Vadhi Pahar	1991	Punjab	Indian Police and Army operation to kill militant member Seetal Singh Mattewal.
25	Operation Election	1992	Punjab	To bring a secure election, did not succeed as militants boycotted election, data suggests only 21% of Punjab voted.
26	Golden Temple Raid III	1992	Punjab	To stop commemoration of the assassins of GeneralArun Shridhar Vaidya.
27	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^[5]^[6]
28	Operation Black Tornado	2008	Mumbai,Maharashtra	Against the26/11 attacks
29	Operation All Out	2017		to flush out militants especially from the Kashmir region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India.
30	2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar	2015	Myanmar	Indian Army allegedly conducted hot pursuit of Naga terror outfitNSCN-Khaplang along theIndia-Myanmar border.
31	Operation Calm Down	2016	Jammu and Kashmir
32	Operation Randori Behak	2020	Jammu and Kashmir
33	Operation Devi Shakti	2021	Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Afghanistan	To help fleeing Hindus and Sikhs from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
34	Operation Ganga	2022	Ukraine	To evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, who had crossed over to neighboring countries.
35	Operation Sindoor	2025	POK/Pakistan	To take revenge against the2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
36	Operation Sindhu	2025	Iran	To evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the2025 Iran-Israel conflict.

Ongoing operations

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Sr. No.	Name of Operation	Year	Location	Notes
1	Operation Rakshak II	1991–Present	Jammu and Kashmir,Punjab	Curb militancy.
2	Operation Goodwill	1998–present	Jammu and Kashmir	Humanitarian tasks.
3	Operation Good Samaritan		Manipur/Nagaland	Humanitarian tasks.
4	Operation All Out Kashmir	2017	Jammu and Kashmir	Curb militancy.^[7]
5	Operation Snow Leopard	2020	Ladakh	Control key heights along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.^[8]
6	Operation Sindoor	2025	POK/Pakistan	To take revenge against the2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
7	Operation Sindhu	2025	Iran	To evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the2025 Iran-Israel conflict.

Navy operations

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Operation Vijay (1961) - Annexation of Goa
Operation Trident (1971) - an offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city ofKarachi during theIndo-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.
DuringOperation Restore Hope (1992–2003) -
Operation Talwar (1999) - Blockage of Karachi Port
Operation Parakram (2001)
DuringOperation Enduring Freedom (2001)
During2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (Operation Madath,Operation Sea Waves,Operation Castor,Operation Rainbow,Operation Gambhir &Operation Rahat-II)
Operation Sukoon (2006) - a relief operation to evacuateIndian,Sri Lankan andNepalese nationals, as well as Lebanese nationals with Indian spouses, from the conflict zone during the2006 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 usingINS 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.
Operation Surya Hope (2013) - was the Indian Army's Central Command's response to the devastating floods in Uttarakhand in June 2013

Air Operations

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DuringWorld War II (1939–1945) (Main article-India during World War 2)
DuringFirst Kashmir War (1947)
DuringCongo Crisis (1961)
DuringSino-Indian War (1962)
DuringSecond Kashmir War (1965)
DuringBangladesh Liberation War (Operation Meghna Heli Bridge) (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 Megh Rahat (2014) in Jammu and Kashmir 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 migrantRohingya Muslims.
Operation Bandar (2019) Operation launched byIAF to bomb the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot to avenge thePulwama terror attack. In this operation almost 170-200 terrorists were killed and 45 terrorists were severely injured.
Operation Ganga (2022) An operation byGovernment of India to evacuate the Indian citizens (mainly students) fromUkraine amidst the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with the help ofIndian Air Force and a 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
Operation Sindoor(2025) was a coordinated military strike launched by India on May 7, 2025, targeting Pakistan-based terrorist camps in response to thePahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.

References

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^"The Question of Junagadh and Independent India's First Joint Military Operation". 2022-05-19. Retrieved2023-10-24.
^"Of Jinnah and Junagadh". 2001-10-13. Retrieved2023-11-01.
^^a ^b ^c"1965 Indo-Pak War - A Critical Appraisal". 2015-07-01. Retrieved2023-10-24.
^"1971 War: The tale of the unusual victory". 2013-11-29. Retrieved2023-10-24.
^Kumar, Devesh (2003-05-24)."Operation Sarp Vinash: Army clears Hill Kaka".The Economic Times. Retrieved2018-07-15.
^"Operation 'Sarp Vinash': Over 60 terrorists killed".www.rediff.com. Retrieved2018-07-15.
^Sandhu, Kamaljit (2017-11-20)."Indian Army's 'Operation All Out' in Kashmir killed 190 terrorists, but there is reason to worry".DailyO.
^Goswami, Dev (2020-09-16)."'Op Snow Leopard': Inside story of how Army reclaimed heights in eastern Ladakh".IndiaToday.

Indian Armed Forces

Leadership

Organisation

Ministry of Defence

Committees

Organisations

Commands

Joint	Andaman and Nicobar Chief Integrated Theatre Maritime Theatre Northern Theatre Special Operations Strategic Forces Chief Western Theatre
Army	Central Eastern Northern Southern South Western Training Western
Navy	Eastern Southern Western
Air Force	Central Eastern Maintenance Southern South Western Training Western

Personnel

Ranks and insignia	Army Navy Air Force Rank flags
Serving officers	Generals Admirals Marshals
Related	Academies Awards and decorations Women

Equipment

Army	Equipment
Navy	Active Ships Future Historical Ships Weapon Systems
Air Force	Active Aircraft Aircraft Squadrons Future Historical Aircraft
Others	Missiles Radars Weapons of mass destruction

Operations

Wars

Indo-Pakistani	1947–1948 1965 1971 Kargil War
Indo-China	1962 1967

External
conflicts

Pakistan	Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict 2001–2002 2008 2011 2013 2014–2015 2016–2018 2019 2020–2021 2025
China	1987 2017 2020–2021
Congo Crisis Korean War Kuwait rescue Myanmar counter-insurgency Operation Cactus Operation Raahat Operation Devi Shakti Piracy off the coast of Somalia Sri Lankan Civil War

Annexations

Insurgencies

Auxiliary forces

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Old operations

Ongoing operations

Navy operations

Air Operations

See also

References