Operation Sankat Mochan (India)

Operation Sankat Mochan
Part of South Sudanese Civil War
Operational scopeHumanitarian relief
Planned byIndian Armed Forces and Ministry of External Affairs
Commanded byGeneral V K Singh
ObjectiveEvacuation of Indian citizens from South Sudan
Date14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) – 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)
Executed byIndian Air Force

Operation Sankat Mochan (Hindi: संकट मोचन lit. "crisis redemption") was an operation of the Indian Air Force to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War. The operation was carried out in view of the 2016 Juba clashes.

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