{"id":31444,"date":"2018-10-27T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T08:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31444"},"modified":"2018-10-27T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T08:34:48","slug":"drama-on-the-high-seas-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drama-on-the-high-seas-30-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama on the high seas, 30 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/drama-on-the-high-seas-30-years-ago\/article22684131.ece\"><b>Drama on the high seas, 30 years ago<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1988, India intervened in the political crisis of Maldives to prevent an attempted against the then president Gayoom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What was \u2018Operation Cactus\u2019?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 years ago, in 1988, an intervention by the Indian armed forces \u00a0which was codenamed &#8216;Operation Cactus&#8217; had crushed an attempted coup on Maldives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coup was against the then President Gayoom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coup was carried out by Sri Lankan Tamil militants on behalf of the Maldivian businessman Abdullah Luthufi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 3 November, 1988, the presidential palace was taken under siege and Luthufi installed himself in the president&#8217;s chair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Government \u00a0was called for help<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi dispatched 1,600 troops to Maldives and soon order was restored in the country<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India received international acclaim for its role in reinstalling Gayoom and bringing the island nation to stability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Current Situation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current political crisis in Maldives was spurred by the Maldivian Supreme Court&#8217;s recent order directing the immediate release of nine opposition leaders from prison including exiled former president Mohammed Nasheed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ruling may have allowed Nasheed, who was Maldives&#8217; first democratically elected president, to challenge President Abdulla Yameen when he seeks re-election later this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the order, President Yameen declared state of emergency in Maldives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has expressed concern over the recent political developments in the Maldives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama on the high seas, 30 years ago Context: In 1988, India intervened in the political crisis of Maldives to prevent an attempted against the then president Gayoom What was \u2018Operation Cactus\u2019? 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