6 Valorous Military Operations by The Indian Army

3. Operation Cactus (Nov, 1998):

Operation Cactus was an Indian Military involvement in Maldives to stop a Military coup d’état in 1988 that was intended to over throw Maldives’s Gayum Government. Gayum was backed by Maldives Pirates and about 80 Members from People's liberation Organization of Tamil Elam, a Tamil Militant organization active in Sri Lanka. India deployed 1600 Indian Paratroopers from Indian air force il-76 transport planes, to Male in a non-stop flying from Agra. The Indian Marine Strike Force (now known as the Marine Commando Force – MARCOS) commandos boarded the vessel and took control without any resistance from the mercenaries. Operation Cactus was concluded without any casualties to India, except for an Indian soldier who shot himself in the foot.

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