NAVY DAY

The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in Persian Gulf Region and the Horn of Africa to the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts anti-piracy operations and partners with other navies in the region. It also conducts routine two to three month-long deployments in the South and East China seas as well as the western Mediterranean sea simultaneously.

Active
1612; 409 years ago[1]
Country
India
Type
Navy
Role
Naval warfare, force projection, sealift, nuclear deterrence
Size
67,252 active personnel[2]
55,000 reserve personnel[3]
150 ships[4][5] (295 including auxillaries)
Approx. 300 aircraft
Part of
Indian Armed Forces
Headquarters
Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Motto(s)
शं नो वरुणः (Sanskrit)
Shaṁ No Varunaḥ (ISO)
transl. ’May the Lord of Water be auspicious unto us’
Colours
Navy blue and white
March
जय भारती (Victory to India)
Anniversaries
Navy Day: 4 December
Operational fleet
as of November 2021
1 Aircraft carrier
1 Amphibious transport dock
8 Landing Ship Tanks
11 Destroyers
15 Frigates
23 Corvettes
1 Mine countermeasure vessel
2 Nuclear submarines
16 Diesel Submarines
140 Patrol vessels
4 Replenishment Oilers
Other auxiliary vessels
Engagements
Major wars and Operations
First Opium War
Second Opium War
World War I
World War II
Portuguese-Indian War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Operation Trident
1971 insurgency in Ceylon
Operation Python
Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Operation Lal Dora
Operation