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In a Joint Military Exercise, a country displays its Military strength be it through weapons
or through the showcase of soldiers training it is an important point of International Rela-
tions where the country engages in Military Diplomacy in a show of strength. India over the
years has participated in a number of Joint Military Exercises with countries across the
globe and our neighbours. The Joint Military Exercises are held in different places and in-
volve different parts of the military and include the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Often shown
as a sign of strength and solidarity, it also allows the military personnel of the countries in-
volved in the Military Exercises to gain valuable information on the field and also learn new
tactics that are suitable for various situations if it comes in reality. This is an important top-
ic that might be asked in the General Awareness section of competitive exams like SSC, SSC
CGL, IBPS PO, and others. It can also be asked in Defence Exams like NDA.

What is Joint Military Exercise

Joint Military Exercise can be seen as a form of engagement of the various organs of the
Military in an Exercise with different countries. It can be one country or multiple countries.
It is also a showcase of the military strength of the country and tries to send out a message
to other countries. It is also a form of Diplomacy, often given the term of Military Diploma-
cy. They can be divided into two types, namely:

i) Bilateral Exercise: Bilateral Exercise as the name suggests, is the military exercise that
takes place between two countries. An example would be the Mitra Shakti Exercise between
India & Sri Lanka.

ii) Multilateral Exercise: Multilateral Exercise as the name suggests, involves the forces and
military of more than two countries. An example would be the TSENTR exercise which was
conducted in Russia between China, Tajikistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan &
Uzbekistan.

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 Calami-
ty or Disaster.
 Military Exercise also helps in improving the cooperation and coordination among fellow
participants for any Joint Military Operation.

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List of Joint Military Exercises of India 2020

India’s relation with foreign countries is expanding day by day and in past few years our
country implemented many military joint exercises with countries over the world. This list
contain all the important exercises that Indian Military has undertaken in the year 2020. Go
through the list given below as it is very important for the aspirants preparing for Banking,
SSC and other exams.

Name of the Joint Mili-

Participating forces/Nations Conducted at
tary Exercise

Indian Air Force(IAF) & Royal Air Air Force Station, Hindon,
EX Indhradhanush - V 2020
Force(RAF) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Ajeya Warrior 2020 Indian & United Kingdom United Kingdom

Defense Expo - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Sahyog-Kaijin India & Japan Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pra-

MLAN 2020 -
desh

BIMSTEC Disaster Man- India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka &

Puri, Odisha
agement Excercise, 2020 Myanmar

Sampriti –IX India & Bangladesh Umroi, Meghalaya

NAVARMS – 19 - New Delhi, India

Hand-in-Hand VIII, 2019 India & China Umroi, Meghalaya

i) Babina, Uttar Pradesh

Indra, 2019 India & Russia ii) Pune, Maharashtra

iii) Goa
Mitra Shakti VII India & Sri Lanka Pune, Maharashtra

Dustlik, 2019 India & Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Zai’r- Al- Bahr India & Qatar Doha, Qatar

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CORPAT-19 India & Bangladesh Northern Bay of Bengal

Dharma Guardian India & Japan Mizoram

Exercise Shakti’19 India & France Rajasthan

Samudra Shakti India & Indonesia Bay of Bengal

“Him Vijay” India & China Arunachal Pradesh

Nomadic Elephant – XIV India & Mongolia Bakloh, Mongolia

Vishakhapatnam and Kakina-

“Tiger Triumph” India & USA
da, Andhra Pradesh

“Chang Thang” India & China Eastern Ladakh, China

Ekuverin India & Maldives Pune, Maharashtra

Yudh Abhyas India & USA Washington D.C., USA

MAITREE India & Thailand Meghalaya

Malabar Exercise India, Japan & USA Japan

KAZIND – 2019 India & Kazakhstan Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

China, Tajikistan, India, Kyrgyzstan,

TSENTR 2019 Russia
Kazakhstan, Pakistan & Uzbekistan

Garuda-VI, 2019 Indian Army and Frech Army Mont De Marsan, France

Jabel Al Akhdar Training

AL NAGAH III Indian Army and Royal Oman Army
Camp, Oman

Sampriti-2019 India & Bangladesh Tangail, Bangladesh

Bold Kuruksetra 2019 India & Singapore Babina, Uttar Pradesh

SIMBEX 2019 India & Singapore South China Sea

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Varuna 2019 India & France Coast of Goa

Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pra-

AUSINDEX 2019 India & Australia
desh

Mainamati Maitree Exercise Border Security Force(BSF) & Border

Sipahijala, Bangladesh
2019 Guards of Bangladesh (BGB)

Mitra Shakti VI India & Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

AVIANIDRA India & Russia India

SAHYOG HOP TAC India & Vietnam Bay of Bengal

Through this article, we looked at the different aspects of Joint Military Exercises and the
important diplomatic role that these exercises are supposed to play. We also looked at dif-
ferent Joint Military Exercises in which the Indian Military has participated in, this topic is
important for various competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, SSC CGL, Banking, and Defence
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