Military Exercises

Static GK (Master) Defence

Military Exercises

Indian Military Exercises

The Indian military exercises can be segregated into 3 categories:

Domestic exercise
Bilateral Exercise
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:

Gandiv Vijay

Paschim Lehar

Vayu Shakti

Vijay Prahar

Bilateral exercise – These exercises are conducted between two countries.

Sampriti	India & Bangladesh
Mitra Shakti	India & Sri Lanka
Maitree Exercise	India & Thailand
Vajar Parahar	India & US
Yudh Abhiyas	India & US
Nomadic Elephant	India & Mongolia

Garuda Shakti	India & Indonesia
Shakti	India & France
Dharma Guardian	India & Japan
Surya Kiran	India & Nepal
Hand in Hand	India & China
SIMBREX	India & Singapore
Shakti	India & France
CORPAT	India & Thailand
Recent Military Exercises
Al Nagah-III	Oman	12th March 2019 3rd Edition		Jabal AL Akhdar training camp, Oman
Bold Kurukshetra	Singapore	9th April 2019 12th Edition		Babina Military Station in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh
Ekuverin	Maldives	7th October 2019 10th Edition		Pune, Maharashtra
Garuda Shakti IV	Indonesia	19th February 2018 6th Edition		Bandung, Indonesia
Hand in Hand	China	7th December 2019 8th Edition		Umroi, Meghalaya
Indra	Russia	4th September 2020 11th Edition		Andaman Sea
Khanjar V	Kyrgyzstan	16th March 2019 5th Edition		Vairengte in Mizoram

Lamitye	Seychelles	2018 8th Edition	Mahe Island in Seychelles
Maitree	Thailand	16th September 2019 14th Edition	Umroi, Meghalaya
Mitra Shakti-VII	Sri Lanka	1st December 2019 7th Edition	Pune, Maharashtra
Multi-national FTX/Exercise Force Eighteen	18 ASEAN Plus countries	2nd March 2016	Pune, India
Nomadic Elephant	Mongolia	5th October 2019 14th Edition	Bakloh Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh
Prabal Dostyk	Kazakhstan	2nd November 2017 Second Edition	Himachal Pradesh
Sampriti-IX	Bangladesh	3rd February 2020 9th Edition	Umroi, Meghalaya
Surya Kiran XIV	Nepal	3rd December 2019 14th Edition	Saljhandi, Nepal
Yudh Abhyas	United States	8th February 2021 16th Edition	Rajasthan