Some 50,000 Indian personnel have been deployed for peacekeeping operations over the last 50 years. Click on the locations for details of the contingents involved.



















KOREA

The UN Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission operated from November 1950 to 1953. The Indian units involved were 2 Para (Maratha), 6 Jat, 5 Rajputana Rifles (Napier's), 3 Dogra, 3 Garhwal Rifles, 26 General Hospital and 60 Para Field Ambulance.





















INDO-CHINA

The UN International Commission operated in Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) for 16 years from 1954 to 1970. The Indian deployment started with 2 Guards. The force commanders were Major General K P Dhargalkar for North Vietnam, Major General P S Gyani for Laos and Major General Sardanand Singh for Cambodia.





















THE SINAI PENINSULA AND GAZA STRIP

3 Para went in as part of the UN Emergency Force I in November 1956. The UNEF stayed on till June 1967. India sent replacements every year: 1 Para, 2 Grenadiers, 4 Kumaon, 4 Rajput, 2 Sikh, 2 Maratha Light Infantry, 9 Dogra, 4 Guards, 3 Punjab and 1 Sikh Light Infantry. In January 1960, Major General P S Gyani took over the UNEF command. He was later succeeded by Brigadier I J Rikhye. In the six-day Arab-Israeli war of 1967, Indian troops were caught in the crossfire. 39 personnel were killed. The rest disengaged and returned via Cyprus.





















CONGO

The UN operation in Congo was between July 1960 and June 1964. The Indian forces involved were 152 General Hospital and 99 Infantry Brigade comprising 1 Dogra, 2 Jat, 3/1 Gurkha Rifles, a squadron of 63 Cavalry, 120 Heavy Mortar Battery, 13 Field Company, a machine-gun company from 4 Mahar and 95 Field Ambulance. They were replaced by 4 Madras, 4 Rajputana Rifles, 2/5 Gurkha Rifles, 121 Heavy Mortar Battery and 22 Field Company. Six Canberra aircraft from 5 Squadron of the Indian Air Force also took part. Major General Dewan Prem Chand commanded the force.





















NAMIBIA

The UN Transition Assistance Group operated between May 1989 and May 91. Lieutenant General Dewan Prem Chand, PVSM, commanded the force.





















SOMALIA

The UN operated in Somalia from March 1993 to December 94. This involved the first-ever naval task force in UN peacekeeping. A fleet of Cheetah missile helicopters of the Indian Air Force was deployed in addition to the 66 (Independent) Infantry Brigade comprising 1 Bihar, 5 Mahar, 2 JAK Light Infantry, 3 Mechanised Infantry Battalion, a squadron of 7 Cavalry, 8722 Light Battery, 6 Reconnaissance and Observation Flight.





















SIERRA LEONE

The UN Mission in Sierra Leone started in July 98. It is still on under Major General Vijay Kumar Jetley. The units currently involved are 5/8 Gurkhas and 18 Grenadiers.