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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. [71] The Indian Navy was a part of the joint forces exercises, Operation Parakram, during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff.
The Indian Navy frigates INS Godavari and INS Betwa captured the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries near the Sri Lankan coast. [55] 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 ...
Rear Admiral Ravi Kumar Dhingra, VSM (born 25 July 1970) is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area. A submariner, he earlier served as the Commodore Commanding Submarines (West).
Served as HMS Nadder in the Royal Navy before transfer to India. HMIS Dhanush: K265 River class: 1945 1948 Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Dhanush. Served as HMS Deveron in the Royal Navy before transfer to India. HMIS Kukri renamed INS Kukri post republic. K243 River class: 1946 1951 Converted to survey vessel post republic.
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 13 frigates, 2 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers as ...
Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks ...
Commandant Indian Naval Academy: C. R. Praveen Nair: NM [34] Commandant Naval War College, Goa: Rear Admiral: Arjun Dev Nair: VSM [35] Commandant Military Institute of Technology: Nelson D’Souza NM [36] Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College: R. Vinod Kumar [37] Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College: Sandeep ...
INS Chennai (D65) is the third and last ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. [17] She was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at Mumbai. On 17 April 2017, INS Chennai was dedicated to the city of Chennai in presence of then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Palaniswamy. [18]