Bombing of Aizawl

Bombing of Aizawl
Part of the Mizo National Front uprising

Planes above Aizawl
Date4 March 1966 - 8 March 1966
Location
Aizawl, Mizo district
Belligerents
 Republic of India Mizo National Front

The bombing of Aizawl was an Indian aerial bombing attack on the city of Aizawl, the capital of the Mizo district (now Mizoram), during the Mizo National Front uprising. The Indian Air Force deployed jet fighters from the Toofani Squadron and Hunter Squadron. The aircraft identified in the operation were French Dassault Ouragun.

The bombing of Aizawl remains the only time in the history of independent India that the air force was used to bomb targets within its own territory.

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