Indian Navy Day is celebrated by many nations to recognize their navy. It is celebrated on 4th December every year in India, in remembrance to the start of Operation Trident during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The Operation Trident emerged in the first use of anti-ship missiles.
Navy Day in India is celebrated every year to recognize the splendour, great achievements and role of the naval force to the nation. Indian Navy is the marine branch of India's armed forces This is led by the President of India as a Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy. Chhatarpati Shivaji Bhosle, The Maratha Emperor of the 17th century is considered as the "Father of the Indian Navy".
Indian Navy plays a significant role in securing the marine borders of the nation as well as accelerating the international relations of India through various means like seaport visits, joint ventures, patriotic missions, calamity relief and many others. Modern day Indian Navy has been transformed into order to improve the position of the Indian Ocean area. Do you know that the Indian Navy has 67,000 employees and 295 naval arsenals. It is the most powerful force in South Asia. There are three divisions in the Indian Armed Forces: Indian Army, Navy and Air Force Indian Army protects our land, Navy water and the Air Force protects us in the Sky
How Indian Navy Day is celebrated?
On 4th December in remembrance of the daredevil attack on the naval base of Pakistan, at Karachi. The Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy with the headquarters in Mumbai celebrated this year as well as its ships and sailors.
The Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam plans all the activities and events that are held on the Navy Day celebrations. It begins with wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial (at RK Beach) and is followed by the practical demonstration to show the energy and skills of the naval submarines, ships, aircrafts and other forces. Numerous aircrafts are exhibited by flying over the RK Beach which are made clean to keep the birds in order to continue with smooth operations of the aircraft.
