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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

To begin with I must tell you what defense operations are. In India the defense system consists of

the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, the Indian Navy, the Indian Coast Guard and various other
inter-service institutions which have a responsibility of maintaining the integrity of India. They carry

out exercises in cases of wars or any such requirement and since they have a target to achieve they
call it an operation. Till now Indian Defense forces have been involved in a number of operations.
Here major of them are listed about which you should know.

Army Operations

o During First Kashmir War(1947)
o Operation Polo (1948) - 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.
o Operation Vijay (1961) - the operation by the Military of India that led to the capture of Goa,

Daman and Diu and Anjidiv Islands from the Portuguese colonial holding in 1961.
o During Sino-Indian War (1962)
o During Second Kashmir War (1965)
o During Bangladesh Liberation War

o During Siachen conflict (1980)
o Operation Blue Star (1984)

o Operation Woodrose (1984)
o Operation Meghdoot (1984) — Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier.
o Operation Pawan (1987) – 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.
o Operation Viraat (1988) – It was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the

LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
o Operation Trishul (1988) - Along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency operation
launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.