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Operation Sankat Mochan | |
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Part of South Sudanese Civil War | |
Operational scope | Humanitarian relief |
Planned by | Indian Armed Forces and Ministry of External Affairs |
Commanded by | General V K Singh |
Objective | Evacuation of Indian citizens from South Sudan |
Date | 14 July 2016 | – ongoing
Executed by | Indian Air Force |
Operation Sankat Mochan (Hindi: संकट मोचन lit. crisis redemption) was an operation of the Indian Air Force to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War. The operation was carried out in view of 2016 Juba clashes.[1]