The following is a list of military exercises of the Indian Army.
Name | Participating Country | Units | Date | Location | References |
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1960 | |||||
Lal Qila | India |
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17 March | Lucknow, India | [1][2] |
2002 | |||||
Yudh Abyas | United States | 16 - 26 May | Agra, India | [3][4] | |
2004 | |||||
Nomadic Elephant I | Mongolia | October | Mongolia | [5] | |
Yudh Abyas | United States | 27 March - 17 April | Vairangte, India | [6] | |
2005 | |||||
Emerald Mercury | United Kingdom | 11 - 22 March | Hyderabad, India | [7][8] | |
Yudh Abhyas | United States | September - October | Vairangte, India | [9][10] | |
Indra II | Russia | 10 - 20 October | Agra, India | [11][12][13] | |
Nomadic Elephant II | Mongolia | 1 - 10 October | Vairangte, India | [5][14] | |
2006 | |||||
Uzbekistan |
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January | [15] | ||
Desert Strike | - | April | Rajasthan, India | [16] | |
Yudh Abyas | United States |
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6 - 23 September | Schofield barracks, United States | [citation needed] |
Shatrujeet | United States |
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31 October - 2 November | Belgaum, India | [15][17] |
2007 | |||||
Himalayan Warrior | United Kingdom | 17 September - 11 October | Leh, India | [18][19] | |
Yudh Abhyas | United States |
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November | Chaubatia, India | [20] |
Hand in Hand I | China | 19 - 27 December | Kunming, China | [21][12][22] | |
Indra III | Russia | Pskov, Russia | |||
2008 | |||||
Brazen Chariots | - | March | Rajasthan, India | [23] | |
Ajeya Warrior | United Kingdom |
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29 August - 19 September | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom | [24][25] |
Yudh Abhyas | United States |
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24 October - November 5 | Honolulu, United States | [26] |
Hand in Hand II | China |
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4 - 14 December | Belgaum, India | [21][27] |
2009 | |||||
Hind Shakti | - | 3 - 6 May | Punjab, India | [28] | |
Yudh Abhyas | United States |
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12 - 29 October | Babina, India | [29][30] |
Ekuverin | Maldives | 18 - 30 October | Belgaum, India | [31][32] | |
2010 | |||||
Indra III | Russia | 13 - 23 October | Ranikhet, India | [12] | |
Yudh Abyas | United States |
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1 - 14 November | Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, United States | [33][34] |
2011 | |||||
Surya Kiran I | Nepal | Vairangte, India | |||
Ajeya Warrior IV | United Kingdom |
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20 July - 19 August | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom | [35] |
Surya Kiran II | Nepal | Amlekhganj, Nepal | |||
Shakti I | France |
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9 - 21 October | Chaubatia, India | [36] |
Sampriti I | Bangladesh | Assam, India | |||
Sudarshan Shakti | - | 28 November - 14 December | Rajasthan, India | [37][38] | |
2012 | |||||
Bold Kurukshetra | Singapore | March | Babina, India | [39] | |
Surya Kiran III | Nepal | 27 June | [40] | ||
Sampriti II | Bangladesh | [39] | |||
Garud Shakti | Indonesia |
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20 February -1 March | Vairangte, India | [41][42] |
Yudh Abhyas VII | United States |
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5 - 12 March | Jaisalmer, India | [43][44] |
Shoor Veer | - | April | Rajasthan, India | [41][45] | |
Nomadic Elephant | Mongolia | August 2012 | Belgaum, India | [46][47] | |
Surya Kiran IV | Nepal | ||||
Ekuverin | Maldives | 12 - 25 November | Belgaum, India | [48] | |
2013 | |||||
Rudra Akrosh | - | January | Rajasthan, India | [49] | |
Ajeya Warrior V | United Kingdom | 4 April - 3 May | Belgaum, India | [50] | |
Yudh Abhyas VIII | United States |
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3 - 17 May | Fort Bragg, United States | [51][52] |
Shakti II | France | 9 - 20 September | Jodhpur, India | [50] | |
Surya Kiran V | Nepal | 23 September - 6 October | Pithoragarh, India | [50] | |
Indra V | Russia | 17 - 28 October | Jaisalmer, India | [50][53] | |
Hand in Hand III | China | 4 - 14 November | Chengdu, China | [50][54] | |
2014 | |||||
Surya Kiran VI | Nepal | 5 - 19 March | Saljhandi, Nepal | [55] | |
Sarvada Vijay | - | May | Rajasthan, India | [56] | |
Surya Kiran VII | Nepal |
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18 - 31 August | Pithoragarh, India | [57] |
Yudh Abhyas X | United States | 17 - 30 September | Ranikeht, India | [58][59] | |
Ekuverin | Maldives | November | Maafilafushi, Maldives | [60] | |
Mitra Shakti | Sri Lanka | 3 - 23 November | Colombo, Sri Lanka | [61][62] | |
Hand in Hand IV | China |
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17 - 25 November | Pune, India | [63][64] |
2015 | |||||
Nomadic Elephant X | Mongolia |
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23 January - 6 February | Gwalior, India | [65][66] |
Al Nagah-Ii I | Oman | Muscat, Oman | [67] | ||
Garud Shakti III | Indonesia |
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9 - 21 February | Vairengte, India | [68] |
Surya Kiran VIII | Nepal |
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23 February - 7 March | Salijhandi, Nepal | [69][70][71] |
Khanjar || | Kyrgyzstan |
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March | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | [72][73][74] |
Brahmashira | - | April | Suratgarh, India | [75] | |
Ajeya Warrior VI | United Kingdom | 13 - 28 June | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom | [76][77] | |
Ekuverin VI | Maldives | 31 August - 13 September | Trivandrum, India | [31][78] | |
Yudh Abhyas X| | United States | 9 - 23 September | Joint Base Lewis McChord, United States | [79] | |
Sampriti V | Bangladesh | Binnaguri, India | |||
Mitra Shakti III | Sri Lanka | 29 September - 12 October | Pune, India | [80][81] | |
Hand in Hand V | China |
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12 - 22 October | Kunming, China | [82][83][84] |
Indra VII | Russia |
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8 - 18 November | Bikaner, India | [85][86] |
Drad Sanklap | - | 2 December | Rajasthan, India | [87] | |
2016 | |||||
Shakti VII | France | 6 - 16 January | [88] | ||
Sino-India Joint I | China | 1 February | Chusul, China | [88] | |
Surya Kiran IX | Nepal |
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8 - 21 February | Pithoragarh, India | [89] |
Lamitye V|| | Seychelles |
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15 - 28 February | Port Victoria, Seychelles | [90] |
Force 18 | ASEAN plus | 2 - 8 March | Pune, India | [91] | |
Garuda Shakti IV | Indonesia |
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10 - 23 March | Magelang, Indonesia | [92] |
Khanjar ||| | Kyrgyzstan | March - April | Gwalior, India | [74] | |
Shatrujeet | - | 16 April | Rajasthan, India | [93] | |
Nomadic Elephant XI | Mongolia |
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25 April - 8 May | Mongolia | [94] |
Chakravyuh - II | - |
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6 May | Suratgarh, India | [95] |
Jalrahat | - | 29 June | Guwahati, India | [88] | |
Megh Prahar | - | 14 July | Mathura, India | [96] | |
Maitree | Thailand | 15 - 30 July | Krabi, Thailand | [97] | |
Prabal Dostyk I | Kazakhstan |
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7 - 17 September | Karaganda, Kazakhstan | [98] |
Yudh Abhyas XII | United States |
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14 - 27 September | Chaubattia, India | [99][100] |
Indra VIII | Russia |
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22 September - 2 October | Vladivostok, Russia | [101] |
Sino-India Joint II | China | 19 October | [88] | ||
Mitra Shakti | Sri Lanka | 24 October - 6 November | Ambepussa, Sri Lanka | [102] | |
Surya Kiran X | Nepal |
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31 October - 13 November | Saljhandi, Nepal | [103] |
Sampriti VI | Bangladesh | 5 - 18 November | Dhaka, Bangladesh | [104][105] | |
Hand in Hand VI | China |
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16 - 27 November | Pune, India | [106] |
Ekuverin VII | Maldives | 15 - 28 December | Laamu Atoll, Maldives | [107] | |
2017 | |||||
Khanjar IV | Kyrgyzstan | 20 February - 5 March | Kok Jhangak, Kyrgyzstan | [108][109] | |
Surya Kiran XI | Nepal |
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7 - 20 March | Pithoragarh, India | [110][111][112] |
Al Nagah-Ii II | Oman | 7 - 10 March | Bakloh, India | [113] | |
Bold Kurukshetra | Singapore |
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4 - 21 March | Madhya Pradesh, India | [114][115][116] |
Nomadic Elephant XII | Mongolia |
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5 - 21 April | Vairengte, India | [117][118][119] |
Thar Shakti | - | 17 April - 17 May | Rajasthan, India | [120][121] | |
Maitree | Thailand | 3 - 17 July | Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh | [122][123] | |
Surya Kiran XII | Nepal | 3 -16 September | Saljhandi, Nepal | [124] | |
Yudh Abhyas XIII | United States |
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14 - 27 September | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington | [125][126] |
Mitra Shakti | Sri Lanka | 13 - 25 October | Pune, India | [127][128] | |
Indra IX | Russia | 19 - 29 October | 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky, Russia | [129] | |
Prabal Dostyk II | Kazakhstan | 2 - 15 November | Bakloh, India | [130][131] | |
Sampriti VII | Bangladesh |
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6 - 11 November | Umroi, Meghalaya | [132][133] |
Danx | - |
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20 - 24 November | Andaman & Nicobar islands, India | [134] |
Imbax I | Myanmar |
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20 - 25 November | Umroi, Meghalaya | [135][136] |
Ajeya Warrior | United Kingdom | 1 - 14 December | Mahajan Firing Range, India | [137] | |
Ekuverin VIII | Maldives | 14 - 27 December | Belgaum, India | [138][139] | |
Hamesha Vijayee | - | 16 - 22 December | Rajasthan | [140][141] | |
2018 | |||||
Vinbax I | Vietnam | 30 January - 3 February | Jabalpur, India | [142] | |
Vajra Prahar | United States | January | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, United States | [143] | |
Shakti IV | France | 31 January - 5 February | Mailly-le-Camp. France | [144] | |
Lamitye VIII | Seychelles | 24 February - 4 March | Mahe, Seychelles | [145][146] | |
Khanjar V | Kyrgyzstan | 16 - 29 March | Vairengte, India | [147] | |
Harimau Shakti | Malaysia | 30 April - 13 May | Hulu Langat, Malaysia | [148] | |
Vijay Prahar | - | April | Mahajan Firing Range, India | [149] | |
Surya Kiran XIII | Nepal | 30 May - 12 June | Pithoragarh, India | [150][151] | |
Maitree | Thailand | 6 - 19 August | Chachoengsao, Thailand | [152][153][154] | |
SCO Peace Mission | SCO | 20 - 29 August | Chelyabinsk, Russia | [155][156][157] | |
Milex 2018 | BIMSTEC | 10 - September | Aundh Military Station, India | [158][159] | |
Nomadic Elephant XII | Mongolia |
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10 - 21 September | Five Hills Training Area, Ullanbaatar, Mongolia | [160] |
Prabal Dostyk III | Kazakhstan | 10 - 22 September | Otar Military area, Kazakhstan | [161][162] | |
Yudh Abhyas XIV | United States |
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16 - 29 September | Chaubatia, India | [163][164] |
Dharma Guardian I | Japan |
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1 - 14 November | Vairengte, India | [165] |
Indra X | Russia |
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18 - 28 November | Babina Military Station, India | [166][167] |
2019 | |||||
Tsentr2019 | Russia | September | Russia, Orenburg Oblast, Donguz Ranges. | [168] | |
Yudh Abhyas 2019 | United States | September | JBLM | [169] | |
Changthang Prahar | - | XIV Corps | September | Super high altitude areas of Eastern Ladakh | [170] |
HimVijay | - | October | High Altitude Areas of Arunachal Pradesh along LAC | [171][172] | |
Vajra Prahar | United States | 13-28 October | Joint Base Lewis–McChord | [173] | |
Dharma Guardian 2019 | Japan |
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Vairengte, Mizoram | [174] | |
KazInd | Kazakhstan | 1-10 September 2021 | Kazakhstan | [175] | |
SHINYUU Maitri | Japan | C-130J of IAF & C-130H of JASDF | October 17–23 | Panagarh, West Bengal | [176] |
Sindhu Sudarshan | - | 20 October-5 December | Pokhran field firing rangePokhran | [177] | |
Shakti 2019 | France | 1 November - 13 November | Mahajan Range | [178][179] | |
Tiger Triumph | United States |
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13-21 November | Eastern Seaboard (Kakinada) & (Visakhapatnam) | [180][181][182] |
2020 | |||||
Sampriti-IX | Bangladesh |
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03-16 February 2020 | Umroi, Meghalaya | [183][184] |
2021 | |||||
Yudh Abhyas | United States | 8–21 February 2021 | Suratgarh, Rajasthan | ||
Dustlik II | Uzbekistan | March | Ranikhet, Uttarakhand | [185] | |
Khanjar | Kyrgyzstan |
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April 2021 | Kyrgyzstan | [186] |
2022 | |||||
Dustlik III | Uzbekistan | India: Personnel from a Battalion The Grenadiers | 22 - 31 March | Yangiarik, Uzbekistan | [185] |
VINBAX | Vietnam | Vietnam People's Army | 1 August | Chandimandir, Haryana | [187] |
Ex Vajra Prahar | United States | Indian Special Forces | 28 August- 19 October | Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh | [188] |
Al Najah-IV | Oman | India: 18 Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army and
Oman: Royal Army of Oman contingent |
1 - 14 August | Bikaner, Rajasthan | [189] |
Vostok | Multilateral | 7/8 Gorkha Rifles | September 1 to 07 | Eastern Military District of Russia | [190] |
Parvat Prahar | - | Indian Army’s Strike One Corps | 10 - 24 September | Ladakh | [191] |
Yudh Abhayas | United States | US Army soldiers of 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and Indian Army soldiers from the Assam Regiment | 16 November | Auli | [192] |
2023 | |||||
Dustlik IV | Uzbekistan | February | Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand | [193] | |
Mitra Shakti IX | Sri Lanka | November | Pune, Maharashtra | [194] | |
2024 | |||||
Desert Cyclone I | United Arab Emirates | UAE: Zayed First Brigade
India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Mechanised Infantry Regiment |
2 - 15 January | Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan | [195][196] |
Sada Tanseeq I | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia: 45 personnel from Saudi Arabian Army
India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Brigade of the Guards |
29 January - 10 February | [197] | |
Dharma Guardian V | Japan | Japan: 40 personnel from 34 Infantry Regiment
India: 40 personnel from Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles |
25 February - 9 March | [198] | |
Lamitiye X | Seychelles | Seychelles: 45 personnel from Seychelles People's Defence Force
India: 45 personnel from Gorkha Rifles |
18-27 March | Seychelles | [199] |
Dustlik V | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan: 100 personnel from Uzbek Ground Forces and Uzbekistan Air Force
India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Jat Regiment and 15 from Indian Air Force |
15 - 28 April | Termez, Uzbekistan | [193] |
Shakti VII | France | France: 90 personnel from 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion
India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Rajput Regiment |
13 - 26 May | Umroi, Meghalaya | [200] |
Maitree XIII | Thailand | France: 76 personnel from 1st Battalion, 14 Infantry Regiment of 4 Division
India: 76 personnel from a Battalion of Ladakh Scouts |
1 - 15 July | Fort Vachiraprakan, Tak Province, Thailand | [201][202] |
Nomadic Elephant XVI | Mongolia | Mongolia: Personnel from 150 Quick Reaction Force Battalion
India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Sikkim Scouts |
3 - 16 July | Umroi, Meghalaya | [203] |
Parvat Prahar | - | Indian Army’s Strike One Corps | 7 - 21 August | Ladakh | [204] |
Mitra Shakti X | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka: Personnel from Gajaba Regiment
India: 106 personnel from a Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles |
12 - 24 August | Army Training School, Maduru Oya, Sri Lanka | [194][205] |
Yudh Abhyas | United States | 600 soldiers from each side | 9 - 24 September | Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan | [206] |
Al Najah-V | Oman | India: 60 personnel from a Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army.
Oman: 60 personnel from Frontier Force of Royal Army of Oman. |
13 - 26 September | Rabkoot Training Area, Salalah, Oman | [207] |
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