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The white ensign of the Royal Navy (RN) was used from 1928–1950 as the naval ensign of the Royal Indian Marine and then the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). Following the reconstitution of the Royal Indian Marine as a combatant force in 1928, the White Ensign - the naval ensign of the RN, was adopted, and was subsequently raised for the first time on ...
The Indian Navy frigates INS Godavari and INS Betwa captured the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries near the Sri Lankan coast. [56] During the 2006 Lebanon War, the Indian Navy launched Operation Sukoon to successfully evacuate 2280 persons from Lebanon, including Indian, 436 Sri Lankan and 69 Nepali and 7 Lebanese ...
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 ...
General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
The Indian Navy is also acquiring 30 autonomous underwater vehicles. [336] The Indian Navy is planning to procure 22 General Atomics Sea Guardian drones at an estimated cost of $2 billion. [337] This is the first instance of General Atomics drones being sold to a non-NATO military. [337]
The Western Naval command of the Indian Navy has been named INS Angre, in commemoration of Admiral Kanhoji Angre. [19] The Indian Navy has named two of its submarines as INS Khanderi after a Maratha sea fort of same name [20] The Indian Postal Service released a commemorative stamp depicting a Gurab and Pal of the Maratha fleet. [21]
Commandant Indian Naval Academy: C. R. Praveen Nair: NM [33] Commandant Naval War College, Goa: Rear Admiral: Arjun Dev Nair: VSM [34] Commandant Military Institute of Technology: Nelson D’Souza NM [35] Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College: R. Vinod Kumar [36] Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College: Sandeep ...
Over time it was named the Bombay Marine (1686), the Bombay Marine Corps (1829), the Indian Navy (1830), Her Majesty's Indian Navy (1858), the Bombay and Bengal Marine (1863), the Indian Defence Force (1871), Her Majesty's Indian Marine (1877) and the Royal Indian Marine (1892). It was finally named the Royal Indian Navy in 1934.