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Why Joint Military Exercises of India are Conducted?

• Defense exercises are conducted as it serves many purposes like counter-
terrorism, low-intensity conflict operations at Counter-Insurgency etc.
• Military Exercise is a measure to test the abilities of armed forces without
engaging in the Combat.
• It helps Armed Forces to train themselves for Humanitarian Relief in case of
Natural Calamity or Disaster.
• Military Exercise also helps in improving the cooperation and coordination
among fellow participants for any Joint Military Operation.

Indian Military Exercises

The Indian military exercises can be segregated into 3 categories:

1. Domestic exercise
2. Bilateral Exercise
3. Multilateral exercise

Domestic exercise – This exercise aims to improve internal engagements and there can be
inter-services or intra-services depending on nature and its application.
List of military domestic exercises:

1. Gandiv Vijay
2. Paschim Lehar
3. Vayu Shakti
4. Vijay Prahar

Bilateral exercise – These exercises are conducted between two countries.

The following table provides you with a list of important Indian bilateral army exercises.

Exercise Name Participant Nations

Sampriti India & Bangladesh

Mitra Shakti India & Sri Lanka

Maitree Exercise India & Thailand

Vajra Prahar India & US

 Yudh Abhyas India & US

Nomadic Elephant India & Mongolia

Garuda Shakti India & Indonesia

Shakti Exercise India & France

Dharma Guardian India & Japan

Surya Kiran India & Nepal

Hand in Hand Exercise India & China

SIMBEX India & Singapore

Shakti Exercise India & France

CORPAT India & Thailand

Multilateral exercise – These exercises are conducted by the military including more than
one partner nation.
List of major multilateral exercises conducted by the military are given below:

Multilateral exercise No of Participating countries

RIMPAC 26

MALABAR Phase 1 Bay of Bengal - India, US, Japan &Australia

Phase 2- Northern Arabian Sea - India & US

COBRA-GOLD Asia – Pacific countries

Samvedna South Asian Region Nations

Latest Important Military Exercises – 2021
The table given below mentions the latest editions of all the important military exercises of
India with other nations.
Name of Exercise Participating Nations Conducted at

Bangladesh & The

theme of the exercise
Shantir Ogroshena 2021 India and Bangladesh
is “Robust Peace
Keeping Operations”.

Bakloh, in Himachal
Vajra Prahar 2021 Indo-US
Pradesh

Indian Navy and the

Passage Exercise (PASSEX) Arabian Sea
Indonesian Navy

Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt India, Iran, Russia & Chinese

Indian Ocean
2021 navy

Chaubatia near
‘DUSTLIK II’ India and Uzbekistan
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand

United States (US), France,

South Korea, United Arab
Al-Dhafra airbase,
Exercise Desert Flag-VI Emirates, Saudi Arabia and
UAE
Bahrain. Greece, Jordan,
Kuwait and Egypt

‘PASSEX Exercise’ Indian and Indonesian Arabian Sea

‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt Indian Navy joined Iran and Northern Indian
2021’ Russia Ocean

Indian Navy, Indian Army,

TROPEX-21 Coast Guard, and Indian Air Indian Ocean
Force

Mahajan Field Firing

16th Yudh Abhyas India and the United States Ranges of Bikaner
district of Rajasthan
 Indian Army, Indian Navy Andaman and Nicobar
AMPHEX – 21
and Indian Air Force group of islands

Indo-French Joint Exercise Desert Indian Air Force and French Air Force Station of
Knight-21 Air and Space Force Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Indian Navy, Customs, Coast

2nd Edition of ‘Sea Vigil-21’ Guard, and other maritime Indian Navy
agencies

List of Joint Military Exercises of India 2020

Name of Exercise Participating Nations Conducted at

Indian Navy and Republic of

SIMBEX-20 Andaman Sea
Singapore Navy (RSN)

SITMEX-2020 India, Singapore, Thailand Andaman Sea

Elements of Indian Army’s

Parachute Brigade, MARCOS Andaman and Nicobar
‘Bull Strike’
(Marine Commando Force) Command (ANC)
and Special Forces

Phase 1 - India, US, Japan & Bay of Bengal

Malabar-2020 Australia
Phase 2- - India & US Northern Arabian Sea

SLINEX-20 India & Sri Lanka Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

India-Bangladesh (Navy
“Bongosagar” Bay of Bengal
Bilateral Exercise)

India & Australia (Navy

PASSEX (Passage Exercise) East Indian Ocean Region
Bilateral Exercise)

Maharashtra Police and Lulla Nagar, Pune,

Suraksha Kavach
Indian Army Maharashtra
 4th JIMEX 2020 India and Japan North Arabian Sea

Indian Air Force (IAF) and Air Force Station Hindon,

EX Indradhanush – V 2020
Royal Air Force (RAF) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

AJEYA WARRIOR 2020 India and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom

India & US (Navy Bilateral

PASSEX (Passage Exercise) Indian Ocean
Exercise)

India and the United Kingdom Salisbury Plains, the United

Ajeya Warrior
(Military Drill) Kingdom

DefExpo 2020 — Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh

‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ India and Japan Chennai

MILAN 2020 — Visakhapatnam

Matla Abhiyaan Coastal security exercise Kolkata, West Bengal

BIMSTEC disaster India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri

Puri (Odisha)
management exercise -2020 Lanka & Myanmar

SAMPRITI-IX India and Bangladesh UMROI, Meghalaya, India

India and Oman (Naval

Naseem Al Bahr Mormugao Port, Goa
Exercise)

Here we are attaching the list of joint military exercises of India with other countries which
are conducted in 2020 at various places:

Name of the Joint Military

Participating forces/Nations Place
Exercise

Native Fury US and UAE Abu Dhabi

Indian Air Force(IAF) & Air Force Station, Hindon,

EX Indhradhanush – V 2020
Royal Air Force(RAF) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
 Visakhapatnam, Andhra
MLAN 2020 Multilateral
Pradesh

Matla Abhiyan Indian Navy Sunderbans

Sindhu Sudarshan Indian Army Rajasthan

Ajeya Warrior 2020 Indian & United Kingdom United Kingdom

Defense Expo – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Sahyog-Kaijin India & Japan Chennai, Tamil Nadu

BIMSTEC Disaster India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri

Puri, Odisha
Management Excercise, 2020 Lanka & Myanmar

Sampriti -IX India & Bangladesh Umroi, Meghalaya

NAVARMS – 19 – New Delhi, India

Naseem-Al-Bahr India & Oman Goa

Eastern Bridge-5 India & Oman Air Base Masirah, Oman

Al Nagah India and Oman –

Dharma Guardian Indian and Japanese Armies Vairengte, Mizoram.

Air Force Station, Arjan

Shinyuu Maitri India and Japan Singh in Panagarh, West
Bengal

Hand-in-Hand VIII, India & China Umroi, Meghalaya

Bold Kurukshetra India & Singapore –

i) Babina, Uttar Pradesh

Indra India & Russia ii) Pune, Maharashtra
iii) Goa

Mitra Shakti VII India & Sri Lanka Pune, Maharashtra

Apharan Anti-hijacking exercise Port of Kochi

Ekuverin India and Maldives Pune

Nomadic Elephant India & Mangolia Bakloh, HP

KAZIND India and Kazakhstan Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Vajra Prahar India and US Seattle, US

 Exercise name Country Latest Held at
participated Date/Year/Edition
with India

Al Nagah-III Oman • 12th March Jabal AL Akhdar

2019 training camp,
• 3rd Edition Oman

Bold Kurukshetra Singapore • 9th April Babina Military

2019 Station in Jhansi
• 12th Edition district of Uttar
Pradesh

Ekuverin Maldives • 7th October Pune, Maharashtra

2019
• 10th Edition

Garuda Shakti IV Indonesia • 19th Bandung,

February Indonesia
2018
• 6th Edition

Hand in Hand China • 7th Umroi, Meghalaya

December
2019
• 8th Edition

Indra Russia • 4th Andaman Sea

September
2020
• 11th Edition

Khanjar V Kyrgyzstan • 16th March Vairengte in

2019 Mizoram
• 5th Edition

Lamitye Seychelles • 2018 Mahe Island in

• 8th Edition Seychelles
Maitree Thailand • 16th Umroi, Meghalaya
September
2019
• 14th Edition

Mitra Shakti-VII Sri Lanka • 1st Pune, Maharashtra

December
2019
• 7th Edition

Multi-national 18 ASEAN • 2nd March Pune, India

FTX/Exercise Plus countries 2016
Force Eighteen

Nomadic Mongolia • 5th October Bakloh

Elephant 2019 Cantonment,
• 14th Edition Himachal Pradesh

Prabal Dostyk Kazakhstan • 2nd Himachal Pradesh

November
2017
• Second
Edition

Sampriti-IX Bangladesh • 3rd February Umroi, Meghalaya

2020
• 9th Edition

Surya Kiran XIV Nepal • 3rd Saljhandi, Nepal

December
2019
• 14th Edition

Yudh Abhyas United States • 8th February Rajasthan

2021
• 16th Edition

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 Indian Army

Indian Army is the world’s largest ground force, overtaking China

There are approximately 1.4 million personnel in the Indian Army

The largest standing volunteer army in the world is Indian Army with 1,129,900
Active personnel and 960,000 Reserves

There are recruiting zones in the country for the purpose of recruitment in the Indian
Army

The headquarters of Indian Army is in New Delhi

• The first headquarters of Indian Army – Red Fort, Delhi

• Today – Portions of South Block along with a gigantic, architecturally
modern Sena Bhavan adjacent.

In India, command headquarters is known as Field Army with a General Officer

Commanding-in-Chief presiding over matters in the rank of a (three-star) Lieutenant
General.

The head of the Indian Army staff is called the Chief of Army Staff (COAS.)

• The current Army Chief is General Manoj Mukund Naravane

• Earlier, General Bipin Rawat was the Indian Army Chief

Indian Army also has Vice Chief and two Deputy Chiefs of Army Staff

In the Indian Army, corps are the field force. They are of two types – Holding Corps
and Strike Corps