Indian Military Exercises

 

Indian military exercises

Indian military maneuvers can be divided into 3 categories

Home exercise

Bilateral exercise

Multilateral exercise

Home Exercise: This exercise aims to improve inner engagements. Depending on the nature and its application there may be inter-services or intra-services.

List of military domestic exercises

Gandev Vijay

West Lehar

air power

Vijay Prahar

Bilateral Exercise are conducted between two countries.

Name of Exercise Participant Nations

Sampreeti India & Bangladesh

Mitra Shakti India & Sri Lanka

Maitri Exercise India & Thailand

Vajra Prahar India & US

Yud Prabhaya India & US

Nomadic Elephant India & Mongolia

Garuda Shakti India & Indonesia

Power Exercise India & France

Dharma Guardian India & Japan

Surya Kiran India & Nepal

Hand in Hand Exercise India & China

SIMBEX India & Singapore

Power Exercise India & France

CORPAT India & Thailand

Multilateral Exercise: These exercises are conducted by militaries involving more than one partner nation.

Number of multilateral exercises of participating countries

Rimpak 26

Malabar 3

Cobra-Gold Asia - Pacific countries

Countries in the South Asian region

Latest Important Military Exercises - 2022

Name of Exercise Country India Date/Year/Edition Participated in

1. Al Naga-III Oman 12 March 2019 3rd Edition

Jabal AL Akhdar Training Camp, Oman

2. Bold Kurukshetra Singapore 9 April 2019 12th Edition Babina Military Station in Jhansi District, Uttar Pradesh

3. Ekuverine Maldives 7 October 2019 10th Edition Pune, Maharashtra

4. Garuda Shakti IV Indonesia 19 February 2018 6th Edition Bandung, Indonesia

5. Hand in Hand China 7 December 2019 8th edition Umroi, Meghalaya

6. Indra Russia 4 September 2020 11th Edition Andaman Sea

7. Khanjar V Kyrgyzstan 16th March 2019 5th edition Vierengtelamity Seychelles in Mizoram 20188th edition Mahe Island in Seychelles

8. Maitri Thailand 16 September 2019 14th Edition Umroi, Meghalaya

9. Mitra Shakti-VII Sri Lanka 1 December 2019 7th Edition

Pune, Maharashtra

10. Multi-National FTX/Exercise Force Eighteen 18 ASEAN Plus Countries 2 March 2016 Pune, India

11. Nomadic Elephant Mongolia 5 October 2019 14th Edition

Bucklow Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh

12. Prabal Dostik Kazakhstan 2 November 2017 Second Edition

Himachal Pradesh

13. Sampreeti-IX Bangladesh 3 February 2020 9th Edition Umroi, Meghalaya

14. Surya Kiran XIV Nepal 3 December 2019 14th Edition Saljhandi, Nepal

15. Yudh Prahya United States 8 February 2021 16th Edition Rajasthan

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