To begin with I must
tell you what defense operations are. In India the defense system consists of
the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, the Indian Navy, the Indian Coast Guard
and various other inter-service institutions which have a responsibility of
maintaining the integrity of India. They carry out exercises in cases of wars
or any such requirement and since they have a target to achieve they call it an
operation. Till now Indian Defense forces have been involved in a number of
operations. Here major of them are listed about which you should know.
Army Operations
o During First Kashmir War(1947)
o Operation Polo (1948) - 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.
o Operation Vijay (1961) - the operation by the Military of India
that led to the capture of Goa, Daman and Diu and Anjidiv Islands from the
Portuguese colonial holding in 1961.
o During Sino-Indian War (1962)
o During Second Kashmir War (1965)
o During Bangladesh Liberation War
o During Siachen conflict (1980)
o Operation Blue Star (1984)
o Operation Woodrose (1984)
o Operation Meghdoot (1984) — Indian military's capture of the
majority of Siachen Glacier.
o Operation Pawan (1987) – 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.
o Operation Viraat (1988) – It was an anti-insurgency operation
launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
o Operation Trishul (1988) - Along with Operation Viraat, was an
anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988
in Northern Sri Lanka.
o Operation Checkmate (1988) - 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.
o Operation Cactus (1988) — Indian armed forces oust Tamil
nationalist mercenaries of PLOTE who instigated a coup in Malé in the Maldives.
o Operation Vijay (1999) - name of the successful Indian operation
to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector, in the 1999 Kargil War.
o Operation Parakram (2001)
o Operation Black Tornado, and Operation Cyclone, (2008)
o Operation Goodwill- humanitarian tasks in J&K
o Operation Good Samaritan- humanitarian tasks in Manipur/Nagaland
Navy Operations
o Operation Vijay (1961)
o Operation Trident (1971)
o Operation Python (1971)
o Operation Cactus (1988)
o During Operation Restore Hope (1992–2003)
o Operation Parakram (2001)
o During Operation Enduring Freedom (2001)
o During 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (Operation Madath, Operation
Sea Waves, Operation Castor, Operation Rainbow, Operation Gambhir &
Operation Rahat-II)
o Operation Sukoon (2006)
Air Operations
o During First Kashmir War (1947)
o During Congo Crisis (1961)
o During Sino-Indian War (1962)
o During Second Kashmir War (1965)
o During Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
o Meghna Heli Bridge (1971)
o Tangail Airdrop (1971)
o Operation Meghdoot (1984)
o Operation Poomalai (1987)
o Operation Cactus (1988)
o Operation Safed Sagar (1999)
o Atlantique Incident (1999)
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