indian special forces

PARA SF

Main article: Para (Indian Special Forces)

It is a special force unit of the Indian Army. It was derived from the Meghdoot Force, which saw action during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The Para Commandos were first deployed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. They took part in the 1984 Operation Blue Star. They were deployed in Sri Lanka in 1980s during India's involvement in the civil war, codenamed Operation Pawan. They also saw action in the Operation Cactus in 1988 in Maldives and in the 1999 Kargil War.^[1]
The list of PARA (SF) Battalions are:^[2]
1 PARA (SF) | 2 PARA (SF) | 3 PARA (SF) | 4 PARA (SF) | 9 PARA (SF) | 10 PARA (SF) | 11 PARA (SF) | 12 PARA (SF) and 21 PARA (SF).