Operation Cactus in Maldives

Q.  Operation Cactus was military intervention of Indian armed forces in -
- Published on 24 Nov 15

a. Sri Lanka
b. Bangladesh
c. Bhutan
d. Maldives

ANSWER: Maldives
 
- The 1988 Maldives coup d'état, was the attempt by a group of Maldivians led by Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives.
- The coup d'état failed due to the intervention of the Indian Army, whose military operations efforts were code-named Operation Cactus by the Indian Armed Forces.

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