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Current Affairs UPPSC 1998 GS-I
Question

"Operation Pawan" is connected with:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: operation of IPKF in Jaffna in Sri Lanka

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “operation of IPKF in Jaffna in Sri Lanka”.
Operation Pawan was the code name for the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) operation in Sri Lanka during the Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war. It involved military action by India to support the Sri Lankan government in combating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Jaffna region.

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