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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 [[List of countries by size of armed forces|the world's second largest armed force]]s.

==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 ===

-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No.
!Names of Operation
!Year
!Location
!Notes
|-
|1
|[[Operation Polo]]
|1948
|[[Hyderabad]]
|Indian armed forces ended the rule of the [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in [[Southern India]], into the Indian Union
|-
|2
|[[Punjabi Suba movement|Golden Temple Raid I]]
|1955
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|To curb the [[Punjabi Suba movement|Punjabi Suba Morcha]].
|-
|3
|[[Operation Vijay (1961)|Operation Vijay]]
|1961
|[[Goa]], [[Daman, India|Daman]] & [[Diu, India|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|Red Corridor]]
|Combined operation against [[Naxalites]]
|-
|5
|[[History of Sikkim|Amalgamation of Sikkim]]
|
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[Indian Army]] disarmed and disbanded the Royal Guard of the Sikkimese King, after which [[Sikkim]] joined India as a [[States and Union Territories of India|State of India]].
|-
|6
|[[Operation Blue Star]]
|1984
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|Carried out to remove religious leader [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] and his followers from the buildings of the [[Harmandir Sahib]] complex in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|-
|7
|[[Operation Woodrose]]
|1984
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|
|-
|8
|Operation Red Rose
|1984
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|
|-
|9
|Operation Shivalik
|1985
|[[India|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|Operation Black Thunder I]]
|1986
|[[Punjab, India|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, India|Punjab]]
|
|-
|12
|Operation Mand
|1986
|[[Punjab, India|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, India|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, India|Punjab]]
|Capture of Golden Temple, 90+ militants surrendered, 2 soldiers killed, many militants escaped.
|-
|17
|Operation Night Dominance
|1990-1994
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|To control the landscape of Punjab at night.
|-
|18
|Operation Rakshak I
|1990
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|To curb Sikh militancy.
|-
|19
|Operation Vadhi Pahar
|1991
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|Indian Police and Army operation to kill militant member Seetal Singh Mattewal.
|-
|20
|Operation Election
|1992
|[[Punjab, India|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, India|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<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/operation-sarp-vinash-army-clears-hill-kaka/articleshow/47305413.cms?from=mdr|title=Operation Sarp Vinash: Army clears Hill Kaka|last=Kumar|first=Devesh|date=2003-05-24|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/23josy1.htm|title=Operation 'Sarp Vinash': Over 60 terrorists killed|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref>
|-
|23
|[[Operation Black Tornado]]
|2008
|[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
|Against the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|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 [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland|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 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Sr. No.
!Name of Operation
!Year
!Location
!Notes
|-
|1
|[[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak II]]
|1991-Present
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] , [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|To curb Sikh and Kashmiri Muslim Insurgencies.
|-
|2
|[[Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill)|Operation Goodwill]]
|1998–present
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|humanitarian tasks in J&K
|-
|3
|Operation Good Samaritan
|
|[[Manipur / Nagaland (state)|Manipur / Nagaland]]
|
|humanitarian tasks in [[Manipur]]/[[Nagaland]]
|-
|4
|[[Operation All Out (Kashmir)|Operation All Out Kashmir]]
|2017
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/kashmir-militancy-hizbul-mujahideen-indian-army/story/1/20687.html|title=Indian Army's 'Operation All Out' in Kashmir killed 190 terrorists, but there is reason to worry|last=Sandhu|first=Kamaljit|date=2017-11-20|work=DailyO}}</ref>
|}

==Navy operations==
* [[Operation Vijay (1961)|Operation Vijay]] (1961) - Annexation of Goa
* [[Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971)|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 [[India]]n, [[Sri Lanka]]n and [[Nepal]]ese 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 (India)|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 (P57)|INS Sunayna]] to evacuate Indian citizens from Yemen Island of Socotra who were stranded by Cyclone Mekenu.
* [[Operation Madad (Indian Navy)#2018 Kerala floods|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 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|First Kashmir War]] (1947)
* During [[Congo Crisis]] (1961)
* During [[Sino-Indian War]] (1962)
* During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Second Kashmir War]] (1965)
* During [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|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.
*[[2019 Balakot airstrike|Operation Bandar]] (2019) Operation launched by [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] to bomb the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot to avenge the [[2019 Pulwama attack|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 few private airlines.

==See also==
* [[Indian Army]]
* [[Indian Navy]]
* [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Indian Armed Forces]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Military of India}}

[[Category:Military operations involving India| ]]
[[Category:Indian military-related lists|Operations]]

List of military operations of India - Revision history

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