When the Indian Army failed the coup in the Muslim country failed, the terrorists wreaked havoc

The Indian Army has carried out many successful operations so far. Along with protecting his country, he has also helped many other countries. In the same way, India once took Maldives out of the situation of crisis in 1988. The then President of Maldives Mamun Abdul Gayoom sought help from India. The country was going to be coup in the country, but the Indian Army had thwarted the efforts of the terrorists.

It was in 1988, the month of November. The people of Maldives were spending time with Befikri. He was not even aware of the danger hovering over the country, but what happened on November 3 shook the entire Maldives. People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOT) The capital attacked Male and was trying to coup in the country. Seeing the situation in the country, the then President Gayum sought help from former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Maldives asked for help from many countries

Maldives had spread hands in front of many countries to help, but no one came forward. India sent its Air Force supporting the Maldives. The parachute regiment of the Indian Air Force left from Agra Air Force Station on the night of 3 November 1988. Even before the Indian soldiers arrived, the terrorists started looting in Male. The Air Force first captured the airport as soon as he arrived.

Operation distributed in four phases

This operation was divided into four phases, under which a team in two phases will go to Male’s South West and protect the president, while in the third phase all the teams will gather in the hulhule. After this, the last phase was to strengthen the security of the President along with Male.

After capturing the airport, Indian soldiers started the work of liberating the terrorists to Male. The soldiers started searching for terrorists. During this time, Paratropers faced terrorists in many places, but only the soldiers won.

Indian soldiers finished operation in a few hours

Indian Air Force personnel successfully ended this operation in a few hours. At around 4 am, the soldiers reached the National Service Headquarters and asked Brigadier Farooq Bilsara to call Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The phone Abdul Gayoom spoke to Rajiv Gandhi. He thanked and thanked.