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The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
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It has been deployed for humanitarian relief in times of natural disasters and crises across the globe, as well as to keep India's maritime trade routes free and open. [72] The Indian Navy was a part of the joint forces exercises, Operation Parakram, during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff.
Originally commissioned as HMIS (His Majesty's Indian Ship) Delhi: C74 Leander class: 5 July 1948 30 June 1978 [2] Scrapped Purchased from the U.K. Formerly HMS Achilles of the Battle of the River Plate fame. Turrets on Display at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand, and at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, India. INS Mysore: C60 Fiji ...
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg (Hindi: बहादुर शाह ज़फर मार्ग, Urdu: بهادر شاہ ظفر مارگ) is a road in Delhi, India.This road is sometimes also referred to as the (Mountain grass) Fleet Street of India, [1] [2] due to the presence of the newspaper offices of The Times of India, [3] The Economic Times, [3] The Indian Express, [3] The Financial Express ...
The term "Deccani" and its variants are often used in two different contexts: a historical, obsolete one, referring to the medieval-era literary predecessor of Hindi-Urdu; [12] [7] and an oral one, referring to the Urdu dialects spoken in many areas of the Deccan today. [13] Both contexts have intricate historical ties.
The division of the ships was on the basis of two-thirds of the fleet to India, one third to Pakistan. [3] This was then called the Indian Fleet. After her commissioning in 1948, HMIS Delhi (later called INS Delhi) became the Flagship of the Indian Fleet. The Fleet commander was styled as Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF).
The President of India as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces reviews the Indian fleet as Head of the Republic. Since India became a Republic in 1950, 12 fleet reviews have taken place. The President's fleet review could also include warships and delegates from other national navies. Of the 12, two were International fleet reviews ...