India is keeping a close watch on developments in the Maldives, our island neighbour and Indian army have been told to remain on standby to ensure the deployment at short notice. But, for those who don’t know about the history of Maldives-India’s relations, if India asserts military intervention in the Maldives, this won’t be for the first time.
AFP
India in 1988 had sent military to recapture Maldives’ capital Male when a Maldivian political group led by Abdullah Luthufi had attempted to overthrow the government with a coup orchestrated with the help of the armed mercenaries of the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), a Sri Lankan Tamil secessionist organisation.
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