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INDIAN NAVY

Need for a Modern Indian Navy

39.

a. Special economic zone - 2.01 million sq. kms.

b. 7,516km of sea line

c. Integral part of national safety and defence

d. Protect maritime trade and anti-piracy operations

e. States having sea frontiers:

i. Gujarat

ii. Maharashtra

iii. Andhra Pradesh

iv. Kerala

v. Tamil Nadu

vi. Karnataka

vii. Orissa

viii. West Bengal

Brief History of Naval Operations

40. The dramatic change in the Indian Navy’s capabilities and stance was

emphatically demonstrated during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Under the command of Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, the Indian

Navy (IN) successfully enforced a naval blockade of West and East

Pakistan. Pakistan’s lone long-range submarine PNS Ghazi was sunk
following an attack by the destroyer INS Rajput off the coast of

Visakhapatnam around midnight of 3–4 December1971. On 4
December, the Indian Navy successfully executed Operation Trident, a