IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS IN INDIA

OPERATION	YEAR	PLACE	PURPOSE
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
Operation Vijay(1)	1961	Goa,Daman & Diu,Anjidiv	The operation by the Indian Military that led to the capture of Goa, Daman and Diu and Anjidiv Islands from the Portuguese Colonial Holding.
Operation Bluestar	1984	Punjab	To remove Sikh separatists from Golden Temple of Amritsar.
Operation Pawan	1987	Srilanka	Operations by the Indian Peace Keeping force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE.
Operation Virat	1988	Srilanka	It was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKE against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka.
Operation Trishul	1988	Srilanka	Along with Operation Virat was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the Indian Peace Keeping Force against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Srilanka.
Operation Checkmate	1988	Srilanka	It was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the Indian Peace Keeping Force against the LTTE in the Vadamarachi area of northern Sri Lanka in June 1988.
Operation Cactus	1988	Srilanka	Indian armed forces oust Tamil nationalist  mercenaries  who instigated a coup in Male in the Malidives.
Operation Vijay(2)	1999	Kargil	To push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector, in the 1999 Kargil War.
Operation Parakram	2001	Indo-Pak border	In response to a militant attack on Indian Parliament,India mobilised & deployed its troop in Indo-Pak border.This mobilization was known as Operation Parakram.
Operation Black Tornado	2008	Mumbai	Action by National Security Guards to unearth  terrorists in Taj Hotel in Mumbai.
Operation Python	1971	Karachi	Naval attack launched on West Pakistan's port city Karachi by Indian Navy.
Operation Sukoon	2006	Lebanon	To evacuate Indian nationalists during the Lebanon War.
Operation Meghdoot	1984	Siachen	To gain control over the Siachen Glacier by Indian Air Force.
Operation Poomalai	1987	Srilanka	To help Indian Peace Keeping Force in Jaffna in Srilanka by Indian Air Force.
Operation Safed Sagar	1999	Kargil	To flush Pakistan Army from Line of Control during Kargil War by Indian Air force.
Operation Rhino	1992	Assam	To unearth the ULFAs in Assam.
Operation Bajrang	1990	Assam	Aganist the ULFAs in Assam.
Operation Cyclone	2008	Mumbai	Action by National Security Guards to unearth  terrorists in Nariman Point in Mumbai.
Operation Goodwill	2005	J & K	Humanitarian tasks in J&K.
Operation Good Samaritan	1995	Manipur	Humanitarian tasks.