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                          IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS



                   Operation        Brief Details
                   Operation        The operation was launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on
                   Parakram         the Indian Parliament. Thousands of Indian troops were deployed
                                    along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation was the largest
                                    military exercise carried out by any Asian country

                   Operation        The operation was launched in Nov 1988 on call of Maldives
                   Cactus           President MA Gayoom, who was under threat of a coup from
                                    mercenaries. The three services of India launched the operation
                                    and captured the mercenaries.
                   Operation        This was a naval offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port
                   Trident (1971) city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War
                                    of 1971. India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to
                                    mark this operation.
                   Operation        Launched in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguses control.
                   Vijay (1961)
                   Operation        Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil
                   Vijay (1999)     Sector.
                   Operation        Launched in Sep 2002 to evacuate Akshardham Temple in
                   Vajra Shakti     Gandhinagar, Gujarat of terrorists.
                   Operation        Launched by DGP KPS Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of
                   Black Thunder militants.
                   Operation        Launched during the reign of Mrs Indira Gandhi in Jun 1984
                   Blue Star        against the Sikh militants operating from Golden Temple.
                   Operation        An action by National Security Guards against the 26 Nov 2008
                   Black Tornado terrorists attacks in Mumbai.
                   Operation        The name given to Government's paramilitary offensive against
                   Green Hunt       the naxals in the 'Red Corridor'.
                   Operation        The operation was launched by the Indian Army in November
                   Brasstacks       1986 to simulate a full-scale war on the western border.
                   Operation        An operation launched by the Indian Military to capture the
                   Meghdoot         Siachen Glacier in the disputed Kashmir region in April 1984. The
                                    Indian troops finally gained control of the entire Siachen Glacier.
                   Operation        It was the codename given to the operations by the Indian Peace
                   Pawan            Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late
                                    1987.
                   Operation        It was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force's strike to
                   Safed Sagar      support the Ground troops during Operation Vijay Kargil.
                   Operation        This refers to the deployment of Naval Fleets in the North Arabian
                   Talwar           Sea during the 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan.
                   Operation        This refers to the operation launched in Jan 2016 to neutralise
                   Dhangu           terrorists who attacked Pathankot air base in Punjab.
                   Suraksha
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