Indian Navy Day 2024

• 04 Dec 2024

Source: IE 

Recently, on 4^th December, Indian Navy Day was celebrated, honoring the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War and Operation Trident, which highlighted the Indian Navy's strategic success in attacking Pakistan's Karachi port. 

• The theme for 2024 is "Strength and Power through Innovation and Indigenization". The day underscores the critical role of the Indian Navy in maintaining national security and protecting maritime interests 
• Indian Navy: 
  • On  1st May 1830, the East India Company came under the British Crown and gained combatant status, becoming the Indian Navy. In 1858, it was renamed Her Majesty's Indian Navy. 
    • The Indian Navy adopted the Vedic invocation to Lord Varuna, "Sam no Varunah," as its emblem motto, meaning "Be auspicious unto us, O Varuna." 
  • On 21^st October 1944, Navy Day was celebrated for the first time. 
    • Since 1972, Navy Day has been celebrated on 4th December to honor the successful 1971 naval operations in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and the Karachi harbor missile attack, and to pay tribute to war martyrs.  
  • The Navy has three Commands, each under the control of a Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief: The Western (HQ- Mumbai), Eastern (Visakhapatnam) and Southern Naval Command (Kochi). 

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