Services to the Nation
1954 Disturbance in the South During the 1954 disturbance in the South by a dissident group who called themselves the Bhutan National Congress, 20 instructors and 120 soldiers were divided into sections and deployed in all the checkposts along the southern belt which was divided into two region: the Sarpang-Dagana-Gelephu-Neoly, Samdrup Jongkhar region under Agay Dorji and the Kalikhola-Phuntsholing-Samtse-Sibsoo region under Dasho Grungda Karm. The political problem was resolved with this deployment. |
1970 Drought Western Bhutan faced a severe drought in the 1970s during the paddy cultivation season and the paddy saplings were drying up. It was during those time that the RBA was pressed into action in the rice belt of western Bhutan -Paro and Thimphu- during which the troops physically fetched water in buckets from Pa Chhu and watered the paddy saplings. |
1990 Anti-National Problem In the 90s when the security situation in the south escalated beyond the purview or the Royal Bhutan Police, the Royal Bhutan Army was deployed to restore normalcy. |
2003 Operations The country faced the biggest security threat in the 1990s when Indian insurgent groups set up camps inside Bhutan post Operations 'Rhino' and 'Bajrang' launched by hte Indian Army against ULFA and BODO militant groups in 1991-1992. The long and porous borders facilitated those militants outfits to escape the clampdown into the jungles of Southern foothills. After all the peaceful meacures to persuade them to leave Bhutanese territory yielded no positive response, the RBA and RBG led bu His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo launched the operation 'Flush Out' on the 15 December, 2003. By 17 december, all the 35 militant camps were destoryed, hundreds of militants captured and a large cache of arms and ammunitions recovered during the operation. |
2008 National Council Election During the National Council Election on 31st December, 2007, the security of 341 Polling Stations were entrusted to the RBA. |
Frist Parliamentary Election- 2008![]() |
First LG election -2011 The third major task of assisting the Election Commission was during the Local Government Elections held on 27 June, 2011 wherein the RBA was tasked to provide security to 531 Polling stations across the Country. |
2009 Earthquake in Eastern Bhutan![]() |
2009 Wamrong Fire![]() |
2010 Bumthang Fire![]() |
2011 Earthquake 26 Officers, 537 soldiers and 34 Desuups were deployed to carryout immediate relief words in the affected Dzongkhags after the earthquake of 18 September, 2011. |
16th SAARS Summit![]() |
2011 First De-Suung Training![]() |
2012 Thorthomi Lake successfully lowered by five metres![]() ![]() |