Operation Brahma: PM speaks to Min Aung Hlaing; Army sends 118-member medical team, Navy ships sail for Yangon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 29 March 2025, as the Indian Army readied a 118-member medical team and two Navy ships sailed for Yangon under Operation Brahma.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar on 29 March 2025, conveyed condolences for the 28 March earthquake and said India stood in solidarity as a close friend and neighbour, with relief and search-and-rescue teams being sent under Operation Brahma. The same day the Indian Army said a 118-member team of the Shatrujeet Brigade Medical Responders, led by Lieutenant Colonel Jagneet Gill, would fly to Myanmar to set up a 60-bed Medical Treatment Centre for trauma care and emergency surgery, in coordination with the MEA. Indian Navy ships Satpura and Savitri of the Eastern Naval Command sailed for Yangon on 29 March, and INS Karmuk and LCU 52 of the Andaman and Nicobar Command were to follow on 30 March, together carrying about 52 tonnes of relief.
Key facts
- Date
- 29 March 2025
- PM's call
- With Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
- Army team
- 118 members, Shatrujeet Brigade Medical Responders, led by Lt Col Jagneet Gill
- Facility
- 60-bed Medical Treatment Centre
- Ships sailed 29 March
- INS Satpura and INS Savitri (Eastern Naval Command)
- Ships sailing 30 March
- INS Karmuk and LCU 52 (Andaman and Nicobar Command)
- Relief by sea
- About 52 tonnes
Practice MCQs 4 questions
With which Myanmar leader did PM Narendra Modi speak on 29 March 2025 after the earthquake?
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Correct answer: D — Min Aung Hlaing
The PM spoke with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and conveyed India's condolences and support under Operation Brahma.
The 118-member Indian Army medical team sent to Myanmar under Operation Brahma on 29 March 2025 was drawn from which formation?
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Correct answer: D — Shatrujeet Brigade Medical Responders
The team came from the Shatrujeet Brigade Medical Responders, led by Lt Col Jagneet Gill.
On 29 March 2025, the Indian Army said it would set up a Medical Treatment Centre of what capacity in Myanmar under Operation Brahma?
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Correct answer: B — 60 beds
The Army said it would establish a 60-bed Medical Treatment Centre for trauma cases and emergency surgery.
Consider the following statements about the naval component of Operation Brahma: 1. INS Satpura and INS Savitri, which sailed for Yangon on 29 March 2025, belong to the Eastern Naval Command. 2. INS Karmuk and LCU 52 sailed from the Western Naval Command. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Satpura and Savitri are from the Eastern Naval Command. Karmuk and LCU 52 sailed from the Andaman and Nicobar Command, not the Western Naval Command.