Indian Army participates in many Military exercises across the world. The main purpose of these Military exercises is to enhance cooperation in the field of Defense and to test the performance of the Armed forces.
The Indian military exercises can be segregated into 3 categories:
- Domestic exercise
- Bilateral Exercise
- Multilateral exercise
Bilateral Exercise: These exercises are conducted between two countries.
Multilateral Exercise: These exercises are conducted by the military including more than one partner nation.
Domestic Exercise: The military exercise conducted inter-services or intra-services of the armed forces are called Domestic military exercises.
| Year | Name of the Exercise | Participating Countries | Location |
| 1960 | Lal Qila | India | Lucknow |
| 2002 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Agra |
| 2004 | Nomadic Elephant I | Indo-Mongolian | Mongolia |
| 2004 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Vairengte |
| 2005 | Emerald Mercury | India- United Kingdom | Hyderabad |
| 2005 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Vairengte |
| 2005 | Indra II | India-Russia | Agra |
| 2005 | Nomadic Elephant II | Indo-Mongolian | Vairengte |
| 2006 | Desert Strike | India- Uzbekistan | Rajasthan |
| 2006 | Yudh Abyas | India-USA | Schofield Army Base barracks, United States |
| 2006 | Shatrujeet | India-USA | Belgaum, India |
| 2007 | Himalayan Warrior | India- United Kingdom | Leh, India |
| 2007 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Chaubatia, India |
| 2007 | Hand in Hand I | India-China | Kunming, China |
| 2007 | Indra III | India-Russia | Pskov, Russia |
| 2008 | Ajeya Warrior | India- United Kingdom | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Honolulu, United States |
| 2008 | Hand in Hand II | India-China | Belgaum, India |
| 2009 | Hind Shakti | India | Punjab |
| 2009 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Babina, India |
| 2009 | Ekuverin | India- Maldives | Belgaum, India |
| 2010 | Indra III | Russia | Ranikhet, India |
| 2010 | Yudh Abhyas | India-USA | Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, United States |
| 2011 | Surya Kiran I | India-Nepal | Vairengte |
| 2011 | Ajeya Warrior IV | India- United Kingdom | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom |
| 2011 | Surya Kiran II | India-Nepal | Amlekhganj |
| 2011 | Shakti I | India-France | Chaubatia |
| 2011 | Sampriti I | Bangladesh | Assam |
| 2011 | Sudarshan Shakti | India | Rajasthan |
| 2012 | Bold Kurukshetra | Singapore | Babina |
| 2012 | Surya Kiran III | India-Nepal | Himalayan region of India-Nepal border |
| 2012 | Sampriti II | India- Bangladesh | Sylhet |
| 2012 | Garud Shakti | India- Indonesia | Vairengte |
| 2012 | Yudh Abhyas VII | India-USA | Jaisalmer |
| 2012 | Shoor Veer | India | Rajasthan |
| 2012 | Nomadic Elephant | India- Mongolia | Belgaum, India |
| 2012 | Surya Kiran IV | India-Nepal | Himalayan region of India-Nepal border |
| 2012 | Ekuverin | Maldives | Belgaum |
| 2013 | Rudra Akrosh | India | Rajasthan |
| 2013 | Ajeya Warrior V | India- United Kingdom | Belgaum |
| 2013 | Yudh Abhyas VIII | India-USA | Fort Bragg, United States |
| 2013 | Shakti II | India- France | Jodhpur |
| 2013 | Surya Kiran V | India-Nepal | Pithoragarh |
| 2013 | Indra V | India-Russia | Jaisalmer |
| 2013 | Hand in Hand III | India-China | China Chengdu |
| 2014 | Surya Kiran VI | Nepal | Saljhandi |
| 2014 | Sarvada Vijay | India | Rajasthan |
| 2014 | Surya Kiran VII | India-Nepal | Pithoragarh |
| 2014 | Yudh Abhyas X | India-USA | Ranikeht |
| 2014 | Ekuverin | India- Maldives | Maafilafushi – Maldives |
| 2014 | Mitra Shakti | India-Sri Lanka | Colombo |
| 2014 | Hand in Hand IV | India-China | Pune |
| 2015 | Nomadic Elephant X | India-Mongolia | Gwalior |
| 2015 | Al Nagah-Ii I | India-Oman | Muscat |
| 2015 | Garud Shakti III | India-Indonesia | Vairengte |
| 2015 | Surya Kiran VIII | India- Nepal | Salijhandi |
| 2015 | Khanjar II | India- Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| 2015 | Brahmashira | India | Suratgarh |
| 2015 | Ajeya Warrior VI | India- United Kingdom | Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom |
| 2015 | Ekuverin VI | India- Maldives | Trivandrum |
| 2015 | Yudh Abhyas XI | India- United States | Joint Base Lewis McChord, United States |
| 2015 | Sampriti V | India- Banglaesh | Binnaguri |
| 2015 | Mitra Shakti III | India- Sri Lanka | Pune |
| 2015 | Hand in Hand V | India-China | Kunming |
| 2015 | Indra VII | India- Russia | Bikaner |
| 2015 | Drad Sanklap | India | Rajasthan |
| 2016 | Shakti VII | India-France | Rajasthan |
| 2016 | Sino-India Joint I | India-China | Chusul – China |
| 2016 | Surya Kiran IX | India-Nepal | Pithoragarh |
| 2016 | Lamitye VII | India- Seychelles | Port Victoria-Seychelles |
| 2016 | Force 18 | ASEAN plus | Pune |
| 2016 | Garuda Shakti IV | India- Indonesia | Magelang |
| 2016 | KhanjarIII | India- Kyrgyzstan | Gwalior |
| 2016 | Shatrujeet | India | Rajasthan |
| 2016 | Nomadic Elephant XI | India- Mongolia | Mongolia |
| 2016 | Chakravyuh – II | India | Suratgarh |
| 2016 | Jalrahat | India | Guwahati |
| 2016 | Megh Prahar | India | Mathura |
| 2016 | Maitree | India- Thailand | Krabi, Thailand |
| 2016 | Prabal Dostyk I | India- Kazakhstan | Karaganda,Kazakhstan |
| 2016 | Yudh Abhyas XII | India-United States | Chaubattia |
| 2016 | Indra VIII | India-Russia | Vladivostok |
| 2016 | Sino-India Joint II | India- China | Beijing, China |
| 2016 | Mitra Shakti | India- Sri Lanka | Ambepussa, Sri Lanka |
| 2016 | Surya Kiran X | India- Nepal | Saljhandi, Nepal |
| 2016 | Sampriti VI | India- Bangladesh | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 2016 | Hand in Hand VI | India- China | Pune |
| 2016 | Ekuverin VII | India- Maldives | Laamu Atoll, Maldives |
| 2017 | Khanjar IV | India- Kyrgyzstan | Kok Jhangak, Kyrgyzstan |
| 2017 | Surya Kiran XI | India- Nepal | Pithoragarh |
| 2017 | Al Nagah-Ii II | India- Oman | Bakloh |
| 2017 | Bold Kurukshetra | India- Singapore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2017 | Nomadic Elephant XII | India- Mongolia | Vairengte |
| 2017 | Thar Shakti | India | Rajasthan |
| 2017 | Maitree | India- Thailand | Bakloh |
| 2017 | Surya Kiran XII | India- Nepal | Saljhandi |
| 2017 | Yudh Abhyas XIII | India-United States | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington |
| 2017 | Mitra Shakti | India- Sri Lanka | Pune |
| 2017 | Indra IX | India-Russia | 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky |
| 2017 | Prabal Dostyk II | India- Kazakhstan | Bakloh |
| 2017 | Sampriti VII | India- Bangladesh | Shillong |
| 2017 | Danx | India | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 2017 | Imbax I | India- Myanmar | Shillong |
| 2017 | Ajeya Warrior | India- United Kingdom | Mahajan Firing Range |
| 2017 | Ekuverin VIII | India- Maldives | Belgaum |
| 2017 | Hamesha Vijayee | India | Rajasthan |
| 2018 | Vinbax I | India- Vietnam | Jabalpur |
| 2018 | Vajra Prahar | India-United States | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, United States |
| 2018 | Shakti IV | India- France | Mailly-le-Camp. France |
| 2018 | Lamitye VIII | India- Seychelles | Mahe, Seychelles |
| 2018 | Khanjar V | India- Kyrgyzstan | Vairengte |
| 2018 | Harimau Shakti | India- Malaysia | Hulu Langat, Malaysia |
| 2018 | Vijay Prahar | India | Mahajan Firing Range, India |
| 2018 | Surya Kiran XIII | India- Nepal | Pithoragarh |
| 2018 | Maitree | India- Thailand | Chachoengsao, Thailand |
| 2018 | SCO Peace Mission | SCO | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 2018 | Milex 2018 | BIMSTEC | Aundh Military Station, India |
| 2018 | Nomadic Elephant XII | India- Mongolia | Five Hills Training Area, Ullanbaatar, Mongolia |
| 2018 | Prabal Dostyk III | India- Kazakhstan | Otar Military area, Kazakhstan |
| 2018 | Yudh Abhyas XIV | India-United States | Chaubatia |
| 2018 | Dharma Guardian I | India- Japan | Vairengte |
| 2018 | Indra X | India- Russia | Babina Military Station, India |
| 2019 | Tsentr2019 | India- Russia | Russia, Orenburg Oblast, Donguz Ranges |
| 2019 | Yudh Abhyas 2019 | India-United States | JBLM |
| 2019 | Changthang Prahar | India | Super high altitude areas of Eastern Ladakh |
| 2019 | HimVijay | India | High Altitude Areas of Arunachal Pradesh along LAC |
| 2019 | Vajra Prahar | India-United States | Joint Base Lewis–McChord |
| 2019 | Dharma Guardian 2019 | India-Japan | Vairengte, Mizoram |
| 2019 | KazInd | India- Kazakhstan | Pithoragarh |
| 2019 | SHINYUU Maitri | India- Japan | Panagarh, West Bengal |
| 2019 | Sindhu Sudarshan | India | Pokhran field firing rangePokhran |
| 2019 | Shakti 2019 | India-France | Mahajan Range |
| 2019 | Tiger Triumph | India-United States | Eastern Seaboard (Kakinada) & (Visakhapatnam) |
| 2020 | Sampriti-IX | India- Bangladesh | Umroi, Meghalaya |
| 2020 | Yudh Abhyas | India- United States | Suratgarh, Rajasthan |
