# List of military operations of India

The Indian Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Republic of India encompassing the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The President of India serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. With an estimated total active force of 1,325,000 personnel, maintains the world's second largest armed forces.

## Army operations

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

### Old operations

| Sr. No. | Names of Operation | Year | Location | Notes |
| 1 | Operation Peace | 1948 | Junagadh State | Annexation of Junagadh |
| 2 | Operation Polo | 1948 | Hyderabad State | 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 |
| 3 | Golden Temple Raid I | 1955 | Punjab | To curb the Punjabi Suba Morcha. |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Operation Ablaze | 1965 | Indo-Pak Border (Western sector) | Operations by the Indian Army along the western border in May-June 1965, following Pakistani attack in the Rann of Kutch. It took place between the operations in the Rann of Kutch (Operation Kabaddi, April 1965) and Operation Gibraltar by Pakistan. |
| 6 | Operation Riddle | 1965 | Punjab sector | 11 Corps offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
| 7 | Operation Nepal | 1965 | Sialkot sector | 1 Corps offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
| 8 | Operation Steeplechase | 1971 | Red Corridor | Combined operation against Naxalites |
| 9 | Operation Cactus Lily | 1971 | Indo-Pak Border | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| 10 | Amalgamation of Sikkim | 1975 | Sikkim | Indian Army disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which Sikkim joined India as a State of India. |
| 11 | Operation Blue Star | 1984 | Punjab | Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab |
| 12 | Operation Woodrose | 1984 | Punjab | |
| 13 | Operation Meghdoot | 1984 | Siachen Glacier, India | The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, Ladakh at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just northeast of the point NJ9842. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | Operation Black Thunder I | 1986 | Punjab | Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab |
| 16 | Operation Pacification | 1986 | Punjab | |
| 17 | Operation Mand | 1986 | Punjab | To capture or kill Avatar Singh Bramha, a Sikh Militant. 1 helicopter lost, no militant detained. |
| 18 | Operation Bluebird | 1987 | Manipur | Indian retaliation operation to the 1987 attacks on the Assam Rifles' outpost |
| 19 | Golden Temple Raid II | 1987 | Punjab | Rumor that Sikh Militant Gurjit Singh was in the Golden Temple complex. Not found. |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Operation Black Thunder II | 1988 | Punjab | Cleanup operation carried out at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab |
| 22 | Operation Night Dominance | 1990-1994 | Punjab | To control the landscape of Punjab at night. |
| 23 | Operation Rakshak I | 1990 | Punjab | To curb Sikh militancy. |
| 24 | Operation Vadhi Pahar | 1991 | Punjab | Indian Police and Army operation to kill militant member Seetal Singh Mattewal. |
| 25 | Operation Election | 1992 | Punjab | To bring a secure election, did not succeed as militants boycotted election, data suggests only 21% of Punjab voted. |
| 26 | Golden Temple Raid III | 1992 | Punjab | To stop commemoration of the assassins of General Shidhar Vaidya. |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Operation Black Tornado | 2008 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Against the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks |
| 29 | Operation All Out | 2017 | | to flush out militants especially from the Kashmir region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India. |
| 30 | 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. |
| 31 | Operation Calm Down | 2016 | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 32 | Operation Randori Behak | 2020 | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 33 | Operation Devi Shakti | 2021 | Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Afghanistan | To help fleeing Hindus and Sikhs from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. |
| 34 | 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 | Curb militancy. |
| 2 | Operation Goodwill | 1998–present | Jammu and Kashmir | Humanitarian tasks. |
| 3 | Operation Good Samaritan | | Manipur/Nagaland | Humanitarian tasks. |
| 4 | Operation All Out Kashmir | 2017 | Jammu and Kashmir | Curb militancy. |
| 5 | Operation Snow Leopard | 2020 | Ladakh | Control key heights along the LAC in eastern Ladakh. |

## 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.
* During Operation Restore Hope (1992–2003) -
* Operation Talwar (1999) - Blockage of Karachi Port
* Operation Parakram (2001)
* During Operation Enduring Freedom (2001)
* 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.

## Air Operations

* During World War II (1939–1945) (Main article- India during World War 2)
* During First Kashmir War (1947)
* During Congo Crisis (1961)
* During Sino-Indian War (1962)
* During Second Kashmir War (1965)
* During Bangladesh Liberation War (Operation Meghna Heli Bridge) (1971)
* Meghna Heli Bridge (1971)
* Tangail Airdrop (1971)
* Operation Meghdoot (1984)
* Operation Poomalai (1987)
* Operation Cactus (1988)
* Operation Safed Sagar (1999)
* Atlantique incident (1999)
* Operation Rahat (2013) in Uttarakhand floods
* Operation Maitri (2015) Indian Military's rescue and relief mission in quake-hit Nepal
* Operation Sankat Mochan (India) (2016) An operation of the Indian Air Force in view of 2016 Juba Clashes to evacuate Indian Citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War.
* Operation Insaniyat (2017) a humanitarian assistance aimed to supply relief packages to Bangladesh for migrant Rohingya Muslims.
* Operation Bandar (2019) Operation launched by IAF to bomb the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot to avenge the Pulwama terror attack. In this operation almost 170-200 terrorists were killed and 45 terrorists were severely injured.
* Operation Ganga (2022) An operation by Government of India to evacuate the Indian citizens (mainly students) from Ukraine amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with the help of Indian Air Force and a few private airlines.
* Operation Dost (2023) Turkey and Syria earthquake.
* Operation Kaveri (2023) evacuation of Indian citizens from Sudan
* Operation Ajay(2023) evacuation of Indian national from Israel and Palestine