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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.
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 ...
The Indian Navy currently operates three [1] commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command, a unified Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard Command was set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2001. [2]
The Indian Navy hosted its first International Fleet Review in February 2001. This event was termed "Bridges of Friendship" and was attended by 24 warships form 19 countries. An office dedicated to international co-operation was created in 2005. This term has been used by the Navy since then to undertake humanitarian and security missions by ...
Indian Naval Academy; Indian Naval Air Arm; Indian Naval Ensign; Indian Navy (football team) Indian Navy amphibious vessel acquisition project; Indian Navy Band; Indian Navy ranks and insignia; Information Management and Analysis Centre; List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2016
The following is the list of ships of the Royal Indian Navy, in existence from 1934 to 1950, when it was renamed the Indian Navy. Several of the vessels listed below were transferred to the Royal Pakistani Navy in 1947. Vessels are organized by type.
The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945. Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War. New Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), 1964. Parkes, Oscar. Jane's Fighting Ships 1931. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK:Davis & Charles Reprints, 1931 (1973 reprint). ISBN 0-7153-5849-9. Singh, Satyindra (1992).
INS Talwar (F40) (lit. ' Sword ') is the lead ship of the Talwar-class frigates of the Indian Navy.Its name means "Sword" in Hindi (see Talwar).She was built in Russia, and commissioned into the Indian Navy on 18 June 2003.