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    The document provides information on military exercises conducted by the Indian Army, including: 1. Domestic, bilateral, and multilateral exercises conducted to improve engagement within India and with other countries. 2. Tables listing important bilateral and multilateral exercises, including the participating nations. 3. A table with details on the latest editions of exercises conducted with other countries in 2021.

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    UPSC Preparation

    List of Joint Military Exercises of the Indian Army


    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


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

    Multilateral exercise No of Participating countries

    RIMPAC 26

    MALABAR 3

    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.

    Exercise name Country Latest Held at


    participated with Date/Year/Edition
    India

    Al Nagah-III Oman  12th March Jabal AL Akhdar training


    2019 camp, Oman
     3rd Edition

    Bold Kurukshetra Singapore  9th April 2019 Babina Military Station in


     12th Edition Jhansi district of Uttar
    Pradesh

    Ekuverin Maldives  7th October Pune, Maharashtra


    2019
     10th Edition

    Garuda Shakti IV Indonesia  19th February Bandung, Indonesia


    2018
     6th Edition
    Hand in Hand China  7th December Umroi, Meghalaya
    2019
     8th Edition

    Indra Russia  4th September Andaman Sea


    2020
     11th Edition

    Khanjar V Kyrgyzstan  16th March Vairengte in Mizoram


    2019
     5th Edition

    Lamitye Seychelles  2018 Mahe Island in Seychelles


     8th Edition

    Maitree Thailand  16th September Umroi, Meghalaya


    2019
     14th Edition

    Mitra Shakti-VII Sri Lanka  1st December Pune, Maharashtra


    2019
     7th Edition

    Multi-national 18 ASEAN Plus  2nd March 2016 Pune, India


    FTX/Exercise Force countries
    Eighteen

    Nomadic Elephant Mongolia  5th October Bakloh Cantonment,


    2019 Himachal Pradesh
     14th Edition

    Prabal Dostyk Kazakhstan  2nd November Himachal Pradesh


    2017
     Second Edition

    Sampriti-IX Bangladesh  3rd February Umroi, Meghalaya


    2020
     9th Edition

    Surya Kiran XIV Nepal  3rd December Saljhandi, Nepal


    2019
     14th Edition

    Yudh Abhyas United States  8th February Rajasthan


    2021
     16th Edition

    Facts About Indian Army for UPSC


    The table below gives a few important and interesting facts about the Indian Army:

    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

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