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) – ongoing
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 2016 Juba clashes.[1]

  1. ^ "Sankat Mochan: First aircraft with evacuated people from Juba to land in Kerala tomorrow". The Indian Express. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

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