Operation Ajay: Evacuate Indians from Israel-Hamas

Various International Evacuation Operations by India

Operation Poomalai (1987)

Sri Lanka

Also known as Eagle Mission 4. Supported Tamil Tigers during the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Kuwait Airlift (1990)

Kuwait

When 1,70,000 Indians were airlifted from Kuwait.

Operation Sukoon (2006)

Israel-Lebanon

Naval rescue operation of India also known as Beirut Sealift during Israel-Lebanon conflict.

Operation Safe Homecoming (2011)

Libya

Rescue Indians stranded in conflict-torn Libya. 

Operation Maitri (2015)

Nepal

The joint Army-Air Force operation during Nepal’s earthquake.

Operation Raahat (2015)

Yemen

Indians were evacuated during a conflict between Yemen and Houthi rebels. 

Operation Sankat Mochan (2016) 

South Sudan

To evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from the South Sudan civil war.

Operation Insaniyat (2017)

Bangladesh

India’s Ministry of External Affairs launched due to the large influx of Rohingya  from Myanmar into Bangladesh.

Operation Nistar (2018)

Yemen 

To evacuate 38 Indian nationals from Yemen’s cyclone-ravaged Socotra island.

Operation Samudra Setu (2020)

It was a naval operation as part of the national effort to bring home Indian citizens from overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vande Bharat (2020)

Evacuation during  the Covid-19 pandemic.

Operation Devi Shakti (2021)

Afghanistan

An evacuation operation to bring back Indian nationals from Afghanistan after the Taliban capture.

Operation Ganga (2022) 

Ukraine

Evacuated students from Ukraine. 

Operation Dost (2023) 

Syria-Turkey

To help Syrian and Turkey following a violent earthquake

Operation Kaveri (2023)

Sudan

To rescue over 3,000 Indian people stranded in Sudan