List of Important Military Operations in India

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Army operations

This includes a list of Army operations, both old one as well as ongoing operations, as well as humanitarian military operations:

Sr. No.	Names of Operation	Year	Location	Notes
1	Operation Polo	1948	Hyderabad	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
2	Golden Temple Raid I	1955	Punjab	To curb the Punjabi Suba Morcha.
3	Operation Vijay	1961	Goa, Daman & Diu	The operation by the Military of India that led to the incorporation of Portuguese India (Goa, Daman, and Diu) into India
4	Operation Steeplechase	1971	Red Corridor	Combined operation against Naxalites
5	Amalgamation of Sikkim		Sikkim	Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which Sikkim joined India as a State of India.
6	Operation Blue Star	1984	Punjab	Carried out to remove religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar, 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)	To capture Sikh militant leaders outside the confines of the Punjab state. 1 Sikh militant captured and detained, 38 sympathizers detained.
10	Operation Black Thunder I	1986	Punjab	Capture of the Golden Temple over suspected militants. No casualties on militant side, 2 civilians killed and 1 soldier killed.
11	Operation Pacification	1986	Punjab
12	Operation Mand	1986	Punjab	To capture or kill Avatar Singh Bramha, a Sikh militant. 1 helicopter lost, no militant detained.
13	Operation Bluebird	1987	Manipur	Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks on the Assam Rifles' outpost
14	Golden Temple Raid II	1987	Punjab	Rumor that militant Gurjit Singh was in the Golden Temple complex. Not found.
15	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
16	Operation Black Thunder II	1988	Punjab	Capture of Golden Temple, 90+ militants surrendered, 2 soldiers killed, many militants escaped.
17	Operation Night Dominance	1990-1994	Punjab	To control the landscape of Punjab at night.
18	Operation Rakshak I	1990	Punjab	To curb Sikh militancy.
19	Operation Vadhi Pahar	1991	Punjab	Indian Police and Army operation to kill militant member Seetal Singh Mattewal.
20	Operation Election	1992	Punjab	To bring a secure election, did not succeed as militants boycotted election, data suggests only 21% of Punjab voted.
21	Golden Temple Raid III	1992	Punjab	To stop commemoration of the assassins of General Shidhar Vaidya.
22	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^[1][2]
23	Operation Black Tornado	2008	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Against the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
24	Operation All Out	1990		for flushing out militants from specially Kashmir region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India.
25	2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar	2015	Myanmar	Indian Army allegedly conducted hot pursuit of Naga terror outfit NSCN-Khaplang along the India-Myanmar border.
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	To help fleeing Hindus and Sikhs from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
29	Operation Ganga	2022	Ukraine	To evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, who had crossed over to neighboring countries

Ongoing operations

Sr. No.	Name of Operation	Year	Location	Notes
1	Operation Rakshak II	1991-Present	Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab	To curb Sikh and Kashmiri Muslim Insurgencies.
2	Operation Goodwill	1998–present	Jammu and Kashmir	humanitarian tasks in J&K
3	Operation Good Samaritan		Manipur / Nagaland		humanitarian tasks in Manipur/Nagaland
4	Operation All Out Kashmir	2017	Jammu and Kashmir	^[3]

Navy operations

Operation Vijay(1961) - Annexation of Goa
Operation Trident(1971) - an offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-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.
Operation Talwar(1999) - Blockage of Karachi Port
During 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake(Operation Madath, Operation Sea Waves, Operation Castor, Operation Rainbow, Operation Gambhir & Operation Rahat-II)
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
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 using INS 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.

Important Operations conducted in India's History

Army operations

Ongoing operations

Navy operations