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 in...
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