Operation Cactus

April 6, 2018 January 30, 2023

Operation cactus took place in 1988. It is the code name of intervention of Indian armed forces to trounce the attempted coup of Maldivian group led by Abdullah Luthufi to overthrow the Maumoon Abdul Gayoom government in Maldives. The group was aided by armed mercenaries of the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), a Sri Lankan Tamil secessionist organization.

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