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07 Dec 2021 Indian Navy Day

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‘Indian Navy Day’ is celebrated every year on 4 December to mark the Indian Navy’s counter-attack in Operation Trident during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

The Indian Navy was established in the year 1612 by the East India Company.
This year, the Navy plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of India’s victory in the 1971 war with the theme of ‘Golden Victory Year’.

It was a retaliatory attack by the Indian Navy on the port of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War in 1971.
India used anti-ship missiles for the first time during this operation and destroyed the Pakistani destroyer ‘PNS Khyber’.
Three warships of the Indian Navy – INS Nipat, INS Nirghat and INS Veer played a key role in the attack.

It is headed by the President of India as the Supreme Commander.
The motto of the Indian Navy is- ‘Sham no Varunah’ which means ‘May Varuna, the god of water, be auspicious to us.’
Some of the early missions of the Indian Navy include its contribution in the year 1961 to liberate Goa from Portugal.
The Navy has developed into a commendable force with the construction of a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine- ‘INS Arihant’ and several other ships.
The Indian Navy currently has an aircraft carrier – INS Vikramaditya, which was commissioned in 2013 and was formerly a former Russian ship.
It operates three classes of submarines: Chakra (has the nuclear powered INS Chakra), Sindhughosh and Shishumar.
Indigenous aircraft carrier named INS Vikrant has recently (2021) started sea trials (one of the final stages of trials).
Marine Commandos or MARCOS are Special Forces units of the Indian Navy, trained to conduct warfare, counter-terrorism, special operations, hostage rescue and asymmetric warfare.
It was the first organization to respond to the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.