Operation Kaveri

Operation Kaveri
Part of the Evacuation of foreign nationals during the 2023 Sudan conflict and Battle of Khartoum
Operational scopeHumanitarian relief
Planned byIndian Armed Forces and Ministry of External Affairs
Commanded byGeneral
ObjectiveEvacuation of Indian citizens from Sudan
Date24 April — 5 May 2023
Executed byIndian Armed Forces
OutcomeNearly 3,862 evacuated as of 5 May 2023.

Operation Kaveri (Hindi: कावेरी romanized: Kaveri, lit. Kaveri River) was an operation conducted by the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Sudan during the 2023 Sudan conflict. The evacuation was conducted by air and sea, most likely in Port Sudan where most of the evacuations were done by Indian Navy through INS Sumedha. The operation was conducted for the evacuations of thousands of Indians in Sudan, primarily in Khartoum, the capital of the country.