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1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt
Part of Indian Intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war
Indian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 planes like this one were used in Cactus. (This image was taken at an unrelated location in Hawaii, United States decades after 1988.)
Date
3 November 1988
Location
Maldives, Indian Ocean
Result
Indian/Maldivian government victory
Coup failed
Belligerents
India Maldives
People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam Maldivian rebels
Commanders and leaders
R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi Vice-Admiral S.V.V. Gopalachari Brigadier Farouk Bulsara Colonel Subhash Joshi Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Uma Maheswaran Wasanti † Abdullah Luthufi (POW) Sagaru Ahmed Nasir (POW) Ahmed Ismail Manik Sikka (POW)
Strength
500 Indian paratroopers Maldivian National Security Service
Several mercenaries were killed and some were captured. 27 hostage taken, 20 were retrieved. 4 killed and the other 3 unknown.
The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Maldivians led by businessman 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 attempt was thwarted with Indian assistance in Operation Cactus.
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