The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As of June 2019, Indian Navy has 67,252 active and 55,000 reserve personnel in service and has a fleet of 150 ships and submarines, and 300 aircraft. The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation’s maritime borders.
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The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As of June 2019, Indian Navy has 67,252 active and 55,000 reserve personnel in service and has a fleet of 150 ships and submarines, and 300 aircraft. The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation’s maritime borders, and in conjunction with other Armed Forces of the union, act to deter or defeat any threats or aggression against the territory, people or maritime interests of India. The maritime history of India dates back to 6,000 years with the birth of art of the navigation and navigating during the Indus Valley Civilisation. The first use of mariner’s compass, called as Matsya Yantra, was recorded in 4 and 5 AD. Alexander the Great during his conquest over India, built a harbour at Patala. His army retreated to Mesopotamia on the ships built at Sindh. In the later of his conquest, Chandragupta Maurya, as a part of war office, established an Admiralty Division under the Superintendent of Ships. During 14th and 15th centuries, Indian shipbuilding ability was sophisticated enough to produce ships with a capacity to carry over hundred men. Amid this, all Asian vessels not permitting their trade to be stopped by the Indian naval power in 1529, resulted in a naval war at Karan Thane, which resulted in the surrender of the Portuguese. By the end of the thirteenth century, Indian navy power had started to decline, and had reached its low by the time the Portuguese entered India in the time of the 17th century.
In 1729, the British East India Company established its rule over eastern part of the India subcontinent i. e. Bengal, but it was not until 1830 that the colonial navy was titled as His Majesty’s Indian Navy. When India became a republic in 1950, the Royal Indian Navy as it had been named since 1934 was renamed to Indian Navy, and the name was changed to the current Indian Navy in 1961. The current Navy has 1 aircraft carrier, 1 amphibious transport dock, 8 landing ship tanks, 10 destroyers, 13 frigates, 2 ballistic missile submarine, 23 conventionally-powered attack submarines, 23 corvettes, one mine countermeasure vessel, 4 fleet tankers and various other auxiliary vessels and small patrol boats. The operational fleet consists of 1 nuclear-powered submarine, 1 nuclear powered attack submarine, 2 nuclear powered destroyers and 13 destroyers. The Indian Navy was founded in 1612 to protect British merchant shipping in the region. During the 15th century, the naval expedition by Chola dynasty captured lands of Burma, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, and Malaya, and simultaneously repressing pirate activities by Sumatran warlords. The daily revenue from these nations was expected to be around 200 maunds ) of gold. During 984–1042 AD, under the reign of Raja Raja Chola I, Rajendra Chola. I and Kulothunga Cholas I, the Indian Navy captured Malaya.
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