List of exercises of the Indian Army explained

The following is a list of military exercises of the Indian Army.

Name	Participating Country	Units	Date	Location	References
1960
Lal Qila	India	Eastern Command HQ	17 March	Lucknow, India	^[1] ^[2]
2002
Yudh Abyas	United States	Indian Special Forces United States Special Forces	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	22 Maratha Light Infantry 25 Infantry Division 1 Guam National Guard	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	^[14]
2006
	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Special Forces	January		^[15]
Desert Strike	-		April	Rajasthan, India	^[16]
Yudh Abyas	United States	5 Gorkha Rifles Garud Commando Force 25 Infantry Division	6 - 23 September	Schofield barracks, United States
Shatrujeet	United States	1 Rifle Company, 21 Punjab Regiment Company, 2/4 Marine Expeditionary Unit	31 October - 2 November	Belgaum, India	^[17]
2007
Himalayan Warrior	United Kingdom	Parachute Regiment Royal Marines	17 September - 11 October	Leh, India	^[18] ^[19]
Yudh Abhyas	United States	5 Gorkha Rifles C Company 3/ 21 Infantry Division	November	Chaubatia, India	^[20]
Hand in Hand I	China		19 - 27 December	Kunming, China	^[21] ^[22]
Indra III	Russia			Pskov, Russia
2008
Brazen Chariots	-		March	Rajasthan, India	^[23]
Ajeya Warrior	United Kingdom	16 Mechanized Regiment 3 Mercian Regiment	29 August - 19 September	Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom	^[24] ^[25]
Yudh Abhyas	United States	49th Infantry Brigade 9 Mission Support Command, California Army National Guard, 40 Infantry Brigade Combat Team	24 October - November 5	Honolulu, United States	^[26]
Hand in Hand II	China	8 Maratha Light Infantry 1 Company, Infantry Battalion, Chengdu Military Area Command	4 - 14 December	Belgaum, India	^[27]
2009
Hind Shakti	-	II Corps	3 - 6 May	Punjab, India	^[28]
Yudh Abhyas	United States	Mechanised Infantry Battalion 2 Squadron, 14 Cavalry, 25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team	12 - 29 October	Babina, India	^[29] ^[30]
Ekuverin	Maldives	16 Madras Regiment 2 Parachute Regiment	18 - 30 October	Belgaum, India	^[31] ^[32]
2010
Indra III	Russia		13 - 23 October	Ranikhet, India
Yudh Abyas	United States	62 Infantry Division 5 Parachute Regiment 4 Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25 Infantry Division 79 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (National Guard)	1 - 14 November	Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, United States	^[33] ^[34]
2011
Surya Kiran I	Nepal			Vairangte, India
Ajeya Warrior IV	United Kingdom	3 Bihar Regiment, 83 Infantry Brigade B Company, 2 Battalion The Royal Welsh, 19 Light Brigade	20 July - 19 August	Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom	^[35]
Surya Kiran II	Nepal			Amlekhganj, Nepal
Shakti I	France	2 Bihar Regiment, 99 Mountain Brigade 13 Mountain Infantry Battalion	9 - 21 October	Chaubatia, India	^[36]
Sampriti I	Bangladesh			Assam, India
Sudarshan Shakti	-	XXI Corps	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
Garud Shakti	Indonesia	19 Madras Regiment, 21 Mountain Division 13 Infantry Brigade	20 February -1 March	Vairangte, India	^[41] ^[42]
Yudh Abhyas VII	United States	2 Mechanised Regiment 2 Squadron 14 Cavalry, 25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team 6 Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 2 Engineer Brigade	5 - 12 March	Jaisalmer, India	^[43] ^[44]
Shoor Veer	-	South Western Command	April	Rajasthan, India	^[45]
Nomadic Elephant	Mongolia	Jat Regiment	August 2012	Belgaum, India	^[46] ^[47]
Surya Kiran IV	Nepal
Ekuverin	Maldives		12 - 25 November	Belgaum, India	^[48]
2013
Rudra Akrosh	-	South Western Command	January	Rajasthan, India	^[49]
Ajeya Warrior V	United Kingdom		4 April - 3 May	Belgaum, India	^[50]
Yudh Abhyas VIII	United States	2/5 Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	3 - 17 May	Fort Bragg, United States	^[51] ^[52]
Shakti II	France		9 - 20 September	Jodhpur, India
Surya Kiran V	Nepal		23 September - 6 October	Pithoragarh, India
Indra V	Russia		17 - 28 October	Jaisalmer, India	^[53]
Hand in Hand III	China		4 - 14 November	Chengdu, China	^[54]
2014
Surya Kiran VI	Nepal		5 - 19 March	Saljhandi, Nepal	^[55]
Sarvada Vijay	-		May	Rajasthan, India	^[56]
Surya Kiran VII	Nepal	Garud Division	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	Indian Special Forces Sri Lankan Special Forces	3 - 23 November	Colombo, Sri Lanka	^[61] ^[62]
Hand in Hand IV	China	13 Group Army	17 - 25 November	Pune, India	^[63] ^[64]
2015
Nomadic Elephant X	Mongolia	84 Airborne Special Forces Battalion	23 January - 6 February	Gwalior, India	^[65] ^[66]
Al Nagah-Ii I	Oman			Muscat, Oman	^[67]
Garud Shakti III	Indonesia	432 Battalion Kostrad Infantry	9 - 21 February	Vairengte, India	^[68]
Surya Kiran VIII	Nepal	Garud Division	23 February - 7 March	Salijhandi, Nepal	^[69] ^[70] ^[71]
Khanjar ||	Kyrgyzstan	Indian Special Forces Scorpions - Kyrgyzstani Special Forces	March	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	^[72] ^[73] ^[74]
Brahmashira	-	II Corps	April	Suratgarh, India	^[75]
Ajeya Warrior VI	United Kingdom	Kumaon Regiment	13 - 28 June	Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom	^[76] ^[77]
Ekuverin VI	Maldives	Bihar Regiment	31 August - 13 September	Trivandrum, India	^[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	Naga Regiment Chengdu Military Area Command	12 - 22 October	Kunming, China	^[82] ^[83] ^[84]
Indra VII	Russia	Red Eagle Division Independent Motorised Brigade	8 - 18 November	Bikaner, India	^[85] ^[86]
Drad Sanklap	-	Southern Command	2 December	Rajasthan, India	^[87]
2016
Shakti VII	France		6 - 16 January		^[88]
Sino-India Joint I	China		1 February	Chusul, China
Surya Kiran IX	Nepal	Panchshul Brigade	8 - 21 February	Pithoragarh, India	^[89]
Lamitye V|||Seychelles| Indian Special Forces Tazar (Special Forces Unit) |15 - 28 February|Port Victoria, Seychelles|^[90] |-|Force 18|ASEAN plus||2 - 8 March|Pune, India|^[91] |-|Garuda Shakti IV|Indonesia| 503 Airborne Battalion |10 - 23 March|Magelang, Indonesia|^[92] |-|Khanjar ||||Kyrgyzstan||March - April|Gwalior, India||-|Shatrujeet| -| I Corps |16 April|Rajasthan, India|^[93] |-|Nomadic Elephant XI|Mongolia| Kumaon Regiment |25 April - 8 May|Mongolia|^[94] |-|Chakravyuh - II| -| Pivot Corps |6 May|Suratgarh, India|^[95] |-|Jalrahat| -||29 June|Guwahati, India||-|Megh Prahar| -| I Corps |14 July|Mathura, India|^[96] |-|Maitree|Thailand||15 - 30 July|Krabi, Thailand|^[97] |-|Prabal Dostyk I|Kazakhstan| Special Operating Force's Unit |7 - 17 September|Karaganda, Kazakhstan|^[98] |-|Yudh Abhyas XII |United States| 5th Infantry Battalion, 20 Infantry Regiment 2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7 Infantry Division |14 - 27 September|Chaubattia, India|^[99] ^[100] |-|Indra VIII|Russia| Kumaon Regiment 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade |22 September - 2 October|Vladivostok, Russia|^[101] |-|Sino-India Joint II|China||19 October|||-|Mitra Shakti|Sri Lanka| Rajuputana Rifles Sinha Regiment |24 October - 6 November|Ambepussa, Sri Lanka|^[102] |-|Surya Kiran X|Nepal| Kumaon Regiment Jabar Jung Battalion |31 October - 13 November|Saljhandi, Nepal|^[103] |-|Sampriti VI|Bangladesh| Mahar Regiment |5 - 18 November|Dhaka, Bangladesh|^[104] ^[105] |-|Hand in Hand VI|China| 13 Group Army |16 - 27 November|Pune, India|^[106] |-|Ekuverin VII|Maldives| Bihar Regiment |15 - 28 December|Laamu Atoll, Maldives|^[107] |-| colspan="6" |2017|-|Khanjar IV|Kyrgyzstan| Indian Special Forces |20 February - 5 March|Kok Jhangak, Kyrgyzstan|^[108] ^[109] |-|Surya Kiran XI|Nepal| Ekta Shakti Battalion (Punjab Regiment)/ 28 Punjab Durga Baksh Battalion |7 - 20 March|Pithoragarh, India|^[110] ^[111] ^[112] |-|Al Nagah-Ii II |Oman||7 - 10 March|Bakloh, India|^[113] |-|Bold Kurukshetra|Singapore| 31st Indian Armored Division 3rd Singapore Division |4 - 21 March|Madhya Pradesh, India|^[114] ^[115] ^[116] |-|Nomadic Elephant XII|Mongolia| 15 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 084 Special Forces Task Battalion |5 - 21 April|Vairengte, India|^[117] ^[118] ^[119] |-|Thar Shakti| -| X Corps |17 April - 17 May|Rajasthan, India|^[120] ^[121] |-|Maitree|Thailand| Northern Command |3 - 17 July|Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh|^[122] ^[123] |-|Surya Kiran XII|Nepal||3 -16 September|Saljhandi, Nepal|^[124] |-|Yudh Abhyas XIII|United States| 2/11 Gorkha Rifles 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team |14 - 27 September|Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington|^[125] ^[126] |-|Mitra Shakti|Sri Lanka| 1 Mahar Regiment Sinha Regiment |13 - 25 October|Pune, India|^[127] ^[128] |-|Indra IX|Russia| 5th Red Banner Army |19 - 29 October|249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky, Russia|^[129] |-|Prabal Dostyk II|Kazakhstan| 3/11 Gorkha Rifles |2 - 15 November|Bakloh, India|^[130] ^[131] |-|Sampriti VII|Bangladesh| 21st. Mountain Division (Red Horns Division) |6 - 11 November|Umroi, Meghalaya|^[132] ^[133] |-|Danx| -| 50 Parachute Brigade |20 - 24 November|Andaman & Nicobar islands, India|^[134] |-|Imbax I|Myanmar| Red Horns Division |20 - 25 November|Umroi, Meghalaya|^[135] ^[136] |-|Ajeya Warrior |United Kingdom| 20 Rajputana Rifles 1 Royal Anglian Regiment |1 - 14 December|Mahajan Firing Range, India|^[137] |-|Ekuverin VIII|Maldives| 8 Gorkha Rifles |14 - 27 December|Belgaum, India|^[138] ^[139] |-|Hamesha Vijayee| -| Southern Command |16 - 22 December|Rajasthan|^[140] ^[141] |-| colspan="6" |2018|-|Vinbax I|Vietnam||30 January - 3 February|Jabalpur, India|^[142] |-|Vajra Prahar|United States| Special forces, Southern Command |January|Joint Base Lewis-McChord, United States|^[143] |-|Shakti IV|France| 2/8 Gorkha Rifles 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment |31 January - 5 February|Mailly-le-Camp. France|^[144] |-|Lamitye VIII|Seychelles| Southern Command |24 February - 4 March |Mahe, Seychelles|^[145] ^[146] |-|Khanjar V|Kyrgyzstan| Indian Special Forces |16 - 29 March|Vairengte, India|^[147] |-|Harimau Shakti|Malaysia| 4/Grenadiers 1/Royal Ranger Regiment Royal Malay Regiment |30 April - 13 May|Hulu Langat, Malaysia|^[148] |-|Vijay Prahar| -| South Western Command |April|Mahajan Firing Range, India|^[149] |-|Surya Kiran XIII|Nepal||30 May - 12 June|Pithoragarh, India|^[150] ^[151] |-|Maitree|Thailand| Kumaon Regiment |6 - 19 August|Chachoengsao, Thailand|^[152] ^[153] ^[154] |-|SCO Peace Mission|SCO| Rajput Regiment |20 - 29 August|Chelyabinsk, Russia|^[155] ^[156] ^[157] |-|Milex 2018|BIMSTEC||10 - September|Aundh Military Station, India|^[158] ^[159] |-|Nomadic Elephant XII|Mongolia| 17 Punjab Regiment Unit 084 |10 - 21 September|Five Hills Training Area, Ullanbaatar, Mongolia|^[160] |-|Prabal Dostyk III|Kazakhstan| 5 Ladakh Scouts |10 - 22 September|Otar Military area, Kazakhstan|^[161] ^[162] |-|Yudh Abhyas XIV|United States| Infantry battalion, 6 Mountain Division 1st Battalion, 23 Infantry Regiment |16 - 29 September|Chaubatia, India|^[163] ^[164] |-|Dharma Guardian I|Japan| 6/1 Gorkha Rifles 32 Infantry Regiment |1 - 14 November|Vairengte, India|^[165] |-|Indra X|Russia| Mechanized Infantry Regiment 5th Army |18 - 28 November|Babina Military Station, India|^[166] ^[167] |-| colspan="6" |2019|-|Tsentr2019|Russia| 22 Grenadiers |September|Russia, Orenburg Oblast, Donguz Ranges.|^[168] |-|Yudh Abhyas 2019|United States| Assam Regiment |September|JBLM|^[169] |-|Changthang Prahar| -|XIV Corps|September|Super high altitude areas of Eastern Ladakh|^[170] |-|HimVijay| -| XVII Corps, IV Corps IAF |October|High Altitude Areas of Arunachal Pradesh along LAC|^[171] ^[172] |-|Vajra Prahar|United States| United States Army Special Forces Para SF |13-28 October|Joint Base Lewis–McChord|^[173] |-|Dharma Guardian 2019|Japan| Dogra Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division of Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF) ||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| -| XXI Corps, IX Corps |20 October-5 December|Pokhran field firing rangePokhran|^[177] |-|Shakti 2019|France| 21 The Sikh Regiment French Army |1 November - 13 November|Mahajan Range|^[178] ^[179] |-|Tiger Triumph|United States| Indian Army-19 Madras, 7 Guards. Indian Navy-INS Jalashwa, INS Airavat & INS Sandhayak. IAF-MI 17& Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) USMC-Third Marine Division US Navy-USS Germantown, |13-21 November|Eastern Seaboard (Kakinada) & (Visakhapatnam)|^[180] ^[181] ^[182] |-| colspan="6" |2020|-| Sampriti-IX| Bangladesh| 20 Bihar Regiment 42nd Bangladesh Infantry Regiment | 03-16 February 2020| Umroi, Meghalaya|^[183] ^[184] |-| colspan="6" |2021|-| Yudh Abhyas| United States|| 8–21 February 2021| Suratgarh, Rajasthan||-|Dustlik II|Uzbekistan||March|Ranikhet, Uttarakhand|^[185] |-|Khanjar|Kyrgyzstan| Indian Special Forces Kyrgyz Special Forces |April 2021|Kyrgyzstan|^[186] |-| colspan="6" |2022|-|Dustlik III|Uzbekistan|India: Personnel from a Battalion The Grenadiers|22 - 31 March|Yangiarik, Uzbekistan||-|VINBAX|Vietnam|Vietnam People's Army|1 August|Chandimandir, Haryana|^[187] |-|Ex Vajra Prahar|United States|Indian Special ForcesUS Special Forces |28 August- 19 October|Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh|^[188] |-|Al Najah-IV|Oman|18 Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army andRoyal Army of Oman contingent|1 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] |-| colspan="6" |2023|-|Dustlik IV|Uzbekistan||February|Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand|^[193] |-|Mitra Shakti IX|Sri Lanka ||November |Pune, Maharashtra|^[194] |-| colspan="6" |2024|-|Desert Cyclone I|United Arab Emirates|UAE: Zayed First BrigadeIndia: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Mechanised Infantry Regiment|2 - 15 January| rowspan="3" |Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan|^[195] ^[196] |-|Sada Tanseeq I|Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia: 45 personnel from Saudi Arabian ArmyIndia: 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 RegimentIndia: 40 personnel from Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles|25 February - 9 March|^[198] |-|Lamitiye X|Seychelles|Seychelles: 45 personnel from Seychelles People's Defence ForceIndia: 45 personnel from Gorkha Rifles|18-27 March|Seychelles|^[199] |-|Dustlik V|Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan: 100 personnel from Uzbek Ground Forces and Uzbekistan Air ForceIndia: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Jat Regiment and 15 from Indian Air Force|15 - 28 April|Termez, Uzbekistan||-|Shakti VII|France|France: 90 personnel from 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign LegionIndia: 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 DivisionIndia: 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 BattalionIndia: 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 RegimentIndia: 106 personnel from a Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles|12 - 15 August |Army Training School, Maduru Oya, Sri Lanka||} See also List of exercises of the Indian Air Force References ]

Notes and References

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