List of exercises of the Indian Army

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

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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	^[5]^[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	^{[citation needed]}
Shatrujeet	United States	1 Rifle Company, 21 Punjab Regiment Company, 2/4 Marine Expeditionary Unit	31 October - 2 November	Belgaum, India	^[15]^[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]^[12]^[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	^[21]^[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	^[12]
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				^[39]
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	^[41]^[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	^[50]
Surya Kiran V	Nepal		23 September - 6 October	Pithoragarh, India	^[50]
Indra V	Russia		17 - 28 October	Jaisalmer, India	^[50]^[53]
Hand in Hand III	China		4 - 14 November	Chengdu, China	^[50]^[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	^[31]^[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 III	France		6 - 16 January		^[88]
Sino-India Joint I	China		1 February	Chusul, China	^[88]
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	^[74]
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	^[88]
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		^[88]
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]
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]
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]
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]
2020
Sampriti-IX	Bangladesh	20 Bihar Regiment 42nd Bangladesh Infantry Regiment	03-16 February 2020	Umroi, Meghalaya	^[183]^[184]
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]
2022
Dustlik III	Uzbekistan	India: Personnel from a Battalion The Grenadiers	22 - 31 March	Yangiarik, Uzbekistan	^[185]
VINBAX	Vietnam	Vietnam People's Army	1 August	Chandimandir, Haryana	^[187]
Ex Vajra Prahar	United States	Indian Special Forces US Special Forces	28 August- 19 October	Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh	^[188]
Al Najah-IV	Oman	India: 18 Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army and Oman: Royal Army of Oman contingent	1 - 14 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]
2023
Dustlik IV	Uzbekistan		February	Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand	^[193]
Mitra Shakti IX	Sri Lanka		November	Pune, Maharashtra	^[194]
2024
Desert Cyclone I	United Arab Emirates	UAE: Zayed First Brigade India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Mechanised Infantry Regiment	2 - 15 January	Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan	^[195]^[196]
Sada Tanseeq I	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia: 45 personnel from Saudi Arabian Army India: 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 Regiment India: 40 personnel from Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles	25 February - 9 March		^[198]
Lamitiye X	Seychelles	Seychelles: 45 personnel from Seychelles People's Defence Force India: 45 personnel from Gorkha Rifles	18-27 March	Seychelles	^[199]
Dustlik V	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan: 100 personnel from Uzbek Ground Forces and Uzbekistan Air Force India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Jat Regiment and 15 from Indian Air Force	15 - 28 April	Termez, Uzbekistan	^[193]
Shakti VII	France	France: 90 personnel from 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion India: 45 personnel from a Battalion of Rajput Regiment	13 - 26 May	Umroi, Meghalaya	^[200]
Maitree XIII	Thailand	Thailand: 76 personnel from 1st Battalion, 14 Infantry Regiment of 4 Division India: 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 Battalion India: 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 Regiment India: 106 personnel from a Battalion from the Rajputana Rifles	12 - 24 August	Army Training School, Maduru Oya, Sri Lanka	^[194]^[205]
Yudh Abhyas	United States	600 soldiers from each side. Included artillery units equipped with M142 HIMARS, Pinaka MBRL, M777 howitzer, HAL Rudra, Boeing AH-64 Apache. Included a regiment from Rajput Regiment.	9 - 24 September	Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan	^[206]^[207]^[208]
Al Najah-V	Oman	India: 60 personnel from a Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army. Oman: 60 personnel from Frontier Force of Royal Army of Oman.	13 - 26 September	Rabkoot Training Area, Salalah, Oman	^[209]
KAZIND VIII	Kazakhstan	India: 120 personnel from a battalion of the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army. Kazakhstan: Personnel from Kazakh Ground Forces and Kazakh Air Assault Forces.	30 September - 13 October	Surya Foreign Training Node, Auli, Uttarakhand	^[210]^[211]
Garud Shakti IX	Indonesia	India: 25 personnel from the Para (Special Forces) of the Indian Army. Indonesia: 40 personnel Kopassus of the Indonesian Army.	1 - 12 November	Cijantung, Jakarta, Indonesia	^[212]
Vajra Prahar XV	United States	India: 45 personnel from the Para (Special Forces) of the Indian Army. USA: 45 personnel Green Berets of the US Army.	2 - 22 November	Orchard Combat Training Centre, Idaho, USA	^[213]
VINBAX 24	Vietnam	India: 47 personnel from a regiment of Indian Army Corps of Engineers. Vietnam: 47 personnel from People's Army of Vietnam.	4 - 23 November	Ambala and Chandimandir, Haryana, India	^[214]
Agni Warrior	Singapore	India: 114 personnel from Regiment of Artillery. Singapore: 182 personnel from Singapore Artillery.	28 - 30 November	Devlali Field Firing Range, Maharashtra, India	^[215]
CINBAX	Cambodia	India: 20 personnel from Infantry Brigade. Cambodia: 20 personnel.	1 - 8 December	Foreign Training Node, Pune,Maharashtra, India	^[216]
Harimaru Shakti IV	Malaysia	India: 78 personnel from Mahar Regiment. Malaysia: 123 personnel from Royal Malay Regiment.	2 - 15 December	Bentong camp, Pahang district, Malaysia	^[217]
2025
Nomadic Elephant XV	Mongolia	India: 45 personnel from Arunachal Scouts. Malaysia: 45 personnel from 150 Special Forces unit.	31 May - 13 June	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	^[218]
Khaan Quest	Mongolia	Multinational exercise India: 45 personnel from a batallion of Kumaon Regiment.	14 - 28 June	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	^[219]^[220]
Shakti VIII	France	India: 90 personnel from a Battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles France: 90 personnel from 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion	18 June - 1 July	Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie, France	^[221]^[222]

List of exercises of the Indian Army

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