Defence Knowledge Centre
A public reference on India's defence
For citizens, cadets, scholars and civil-services aspirants: India's wars and campaigns, how its forces are organised, ranks, honours and the language of defence.
Wars & operations, 1947–1999
Six campaigns, each with its official sources.
- October 1947 – January 19491947–48 Jammu & Kashmir OperationsOperations to defend Jammu & Kashmir, beginning with the airlift to Srinagar.
- October – November 19621962 India–China WarThe Himalayan conflict across Ladakh and the Eastern Sector, remembered for last-man-last-round stands.
- August – September 19651965 India–Pakistan WarAir-land operations across the western theatre.
- 3 – 16 December 19711971 Liberation WarA 13-day tri-service campaign by the Army, Navy and Air Force.
- 13 April 1984 – presentOperation Meghdoot, SiachenOperations on the Saltoro Ridge and Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battlefield.
- May – 26 July 19991999 Kargil WarOperations Vijay, Safed Sagar and Talwar.
Reference guides
How India's defence is organised and described.
- Armed forces structureThe Ministry of Defence, the Services, tri-service bodies and the CAPFs.
- Ranks & equivalenceOfficer, JCO and NCO ranks across the three Services.
- Gallantry awardsWartime and peacetime decorations in order of precedence.
- Timeline 1947–2026Thirteen milestones in Indian national security.
- Glossary A–ZTwenty-three terms, from Atmanirbhar Bharat to Veer Nari.
- Memorials & museumsWhere the nation remembers, in the Defence Directory.