Question: From 08 February to 21 February 2016 the 9th Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ will be conducted at-
(a) Gwalior
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Pithoragarh
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- The 9th Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training Exercise “Surya Kiran” will be conducted at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand from 08 February to 21 February 2016.
- During the exercise, an Infantry battalion each from Indian Army and the Nepalese Army would be training together.
- The Surya Kiran series of exercises is a bi-annual event which is conducted alternatively in Nepal and India.
- The aim of this combined training exercise is to enhance interoperability between the Indian and the Nepalese Army units in Jungle Warfare and Counter Terrorism operations in mountainous terrain.
- The 8th India-Nepal combined military training exercise was held from February 23 to 8 March 2015 in Nepal.
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