A unique Felicitation by Air India!
Ashwani Lohani, CMD Air India who remembered the 1990
Kuwait evacuation said “it was a national mission &AI played a very big
role in it’.
The 1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait was
carried out from 13 August to 11 October 1990 after the Invaion of Kuwait. Air India holds
the Guinness Book of World
Records] for the most people evacuated by a
civil airliner as a result of this effort. The operation was carried out during
the Persian Gulf War in 1990 to
evacuate Indian expatriates from Kuwait and Iraq. It is believed to be the
largest civilian evacuation in history.
The Indians based in Kuwait also helped in the evacuation efforts. The invasion of Kuwait started on 1 August 1990, and within two days of intense combat, most of the Kuwait Armed Forces were either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or fell back to neighboring Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Emirate of Kuwait was annexed, and Saddam Hussein announced a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq. More than 1,70,000 Indians were stranded on Kuwait soil.
The Indians based in Kuwait also helped in the evacuation efforts. The invasion of Kuwait started on 1 August 1990, and within two days of intense combat, most of the Kuwait Armed Forces were either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or fell back to neighboring Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Emirate of Kuwait was annexed, and Saddam Hussein announced a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq. More than 1,70,000 Indians were stranded on Kuwait soil.
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