IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS

IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS

Operation Brief Details

Operation  Parakram

The operation was launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on 

the Indian Parliament. Thousands of Indian troops were deployed 

along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation was the largest military 

exercise carried out by any Asian country.

Operation Cactus

The operation was launched in Nov 1988 on call of Maldives 

President MA Gayoom, who was under threat of a coup from 

mercenaries. The three services of India launched the operation and 

captured the mercenaries.

Operation Trident 

(1971)

This was a naval offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city 

of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. 

India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to mark this 

operation.

Operation Vijay 

(1961)

Launched in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguses control.

Operation Vijay 

(1999)

Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector.

Operation Vajra 

Shakti

Launched in Sep 2002 to evacuate Akshardham Temple in 

Gandhinagar, Gujarat of terrorists.

Operation Black 

Thunder

Launched by DGP KPS Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of 

militants.

Operation Blue  Star

Launched during the reign of Mrs Indira Gandhi in Jun 1984 against 

the Sikh militants operating from Golden Temple.

Operation Black  Tornado

An action by National Security Guards against the 26 Nov 2008 

terrorists attacks in Mumbai.

Operation Green  Hunt

The name given to Government's paramilitary offensive against the 

naxals in the 'Red Corridor'.

Operation Brasstacks

The operation was launched by the Indian Army in November 1986 to 

simulate a full-scale war on the western border.

Operation Meghdoot

An operation launched by the Indian Military to capture the Siachen 

Glacier in the disputed Kashmir region in April 1984. The Indian troops 

finally gained control of the entire Siachen Glacier.

Operation Pawan

 It was the codename given to the operations by the Indian Peace 

Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late 1987.

Operation Safed  Sagar

It was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force's strike to 

support the Ground troops during.

Operation Vijay Kargil.

Operation Talwar This refers to the deployment of Naval Fleets in the North Arabian Sea 

during the 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan.

Operation Dhangu Suraksha

This refers to the operation launched in Jan 2016 to neutralise 

terrorists who attacked Pathankot air base in Punjab.