Major Military Operations For UPSC
Sr. No. | Names of Operation | Year | Location |
1 | Operation Polo | 1948 | Hyderabad |
2 | Golden Temple Raid I | 1955 | Punjab |
3 | Operation Vijay | 1961 | Goa, Daman & Diu |
4 | Operation Steeplechase | 1971 | Red Corridor |
5 | Amalgamation of Sikkim |
| Sikkim |
6 | Operation Blue Star | 1984 | Punjab |
7 | Operation Woodrose | 1984 | Punjab |
8 | Operation Red Rose | 1984 | Punjab |
9 | Operation Shivalik | 1985 | Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (mainly Terai Regions) |
10 | Operation Black Thunder I | 1986 | Punjab |
11 | Operation Pacification | 1986 | Punjab |
12 | Operation Mand | 1986 | Punjab |
13 | Operation Bluebird | 1987 | Manipur |
14 | Golden Temple Raid II | 1987 | Punjab |
15 | Operation Pawan | 1987 | Sri Lanka |
16 | Operation Black Thunder II | 1988 | Punjab |
17 | Operation Night Dominance | 1990-1994 | Punjab |
18 | Operation Rakshak I | 1990 | Punjab |
19 | Operation Vadhi Pahar | 1991 | Punjab |
20 | Operation Election | 1992 | Punjab |
21 | Golden Temple Raid III | 1992 | Punjab |
22 | Operation Sarp Vinash | 2003 | Jammu and Kashmir |
23 | Operation Black Tornado | 2008 | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
24 | Operation All Out | 1990 |
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25 | 2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar | 2015 | Myanmar |
26 | Operation Calm Down | 2016 | Jammu and Kashmir |
27 | Operation Randori Behak | 2020 | Jammu and Kashmir |
28 | Operation Devi Shakti | 2021 | Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Afghanistan |
29 | Operation Ganga | 2022 | Ukraine |
Navy operations
1. Operation Vijay(1961) - Annexation of Goa
2. Operation Trident(1971) - an offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
3. Operation Python(1971) - Follow-up to Operation Trident on Karachi, Pakistan's port city in 1971.
4. Operation Cactus(1988) - Against the coup to overthrow the Government of Maldives.
5. Operation Talwar(1999) - Blockage of Karachi Port
6. During 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake(Operation Madath, Operation Sea Waves, Operation Castor, Operation Rainbow, Operation Gambhir & Operation Rahat-II)
7. Operation Sukoon(2006) - a relief operation to evacuate Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals, as well as Lebanese nationals with Indian spouses, from the conflict zone during the 2006 Lebanon War
8. Operation Searchlight(2014) -The Search Operation Undertaken by Indian Navy to find the missing Boeing 777 M.H 17 Malaysian Flight
9. 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.
10. Operation Nistar(India)(2018) - Operation by the Indian Navy using INS Sunayna to evacuate Indian citizens from Yemen Island of Socotra who were stranded by Cyclone Mekenu.
11. 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.
12. Operation Samudra Setu(2020) - This operation was launched to bring back Indian citizens struck at overseas during Covid-19 pandemic.
