Operation Cactus | How India Averted Maldives Crisis in 1988 | Battle Ops | Veer by Discovery

India launched Operation Cactus to prevent the Maldives crisis in 1988 against President Gayoom. Veer by Discovery highlights how India came to rescue for the Maldives. Check out more videos from Operation Cactus: http://bit.ly/MaldivesCrisisOperation... 1988 में मालदीव को राजनीतिक संकट से बाहर निकालने और राष्ट्रपति गयूम के खिलाफ साजिश रोकने के लिए भारत ने ऑपरेशन कैक्टस शुरू किया। भारतीय कमांडो दस्ते को ले जाने वाले विमान को एक ऐसे हवाई अड्डे पर लैंड करना था जहाँ एकदम अंधेरा था और रनवे की लंबाई काफ़ी छोटी थी। The plane carrying Indian Paratroopers and Air Force Personnel had to land on an airport with no lights and a very short runway. Operation Cactus was one of a kind as it was the first mission led by Indian Armed forces on a foreign land. On request of Maldives foreign minister, India took a swift action to avert the Maldives crisis. The attempted coup was carried out by Abdullah Luthufi with the support of 80 people. One group attacked at Radio and Telecommunications centre while the other tried to take over the Presidential Palace of Maldives. Subscribe to our channel to see more amazing facts and experiences about Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Forces from Discovery India: http://bit.ly/VEERbyDiscovery HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School: http://bit.ly/HAWS-HighAltitudeWarfar... Watch how the soldiers of the Indian Army are trained at HAWS campus to become mountain warriors of India. General And His Son: http://bit.ly/GeneralAndHisSon-FullEp... Watch the Military Life Lessons taught by Lt. General Singha to his millennial son Harman, check out as they embark upon this fascinating new journey. Women Fighter Pilots: http://bit.ly/WomenFighterPilots Watch the journey of Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh from scripting history by becoming the first-ever women to undergo fighter pilot training with Indian Air Force to their glory of tearing into the Indian skies on a supersonic fighter jet all alone. Indian Air Force Academy: http://bit.ly/IndianAirforceAcademy-F... Watch the journey of Air Force Academy cadets from their civilian days to training and becoming the guardians of skies Indian Submariners: http://bit.ly/BreakingPointIndianSubm... Watch Harman Singha as he gets trained by Naval Experts and Journeys into the Blue in Indian Submarine. Watch All episodes of Battle Ops: http://bit.ly/BattleOps-FullEpisodes Battle Ops is a series on India's iconic military operations which include Operation Black Tornado, Operation Meghdoot and Operation Cactus. Watch which Videos were trending last week on Veer By Discovery: http://bit.ly/2wdJp1E Check out the documentaries on how Indian Commandos are trained from Veer by Discovery: http://bit.ly/TrainingOfParaSFCommando Check out the Training, Sports and Daily Routine of cadets in National Defence Academy: http://bit.ly/LifeInNationalDefenceAc... Watch the Documentaries on Wars fought by Indian Army and the stories of their Bravery: http://bit.ly/IndianArmy-MissionsAndWars Check out videos of some of the most commendable operations carried out by Indian Army: Operation Taj - Mumbai terrorist attacks: http://bit.ly/MumbaiTerroristAttack Operation Meghdoot - Life of Indian soldiers on Siachen: http://bit.ly/IndianArmyOnSiachen Operation Cactus - Maldives Crisis: http://bit.ly/MaldivesCrisisOperation... Operation Raahat - Yemen Rescue: http://bit.ly/OperationRaahat-YemenRe... Ready to know some interesting facts about Indian Army, check out below Videos: http://bit.ly/IndianMilitaryDidYouKnow http://bit.ly/MakingOfaSoldier http://bit.ly/MilitaryKiDictionary Other Discovery India Channels Facebook:   / discoverychannelindiaofficial   Twitter:   / discoveryin   Instagram:   / discoverychannelin   Veer by Discovery is India’s first dedicated digital channel in Hindi for the Indian Armed Forces. This video highlights the issue of Maldives crisis and how Indian military intervened to defeat a coup by mercenaries. Battle Ops is a series on India's iconic military operations which include Operation Raahat, Operation Meghdoot and Operation Black Tornado.