Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff,... Wikipedia

• Founded:  5 September 1612 (as East India Company's Marine), 26 January 1950 (in current form)
• Type:  Navy
• Role:  Naval warfare, force projection, sealift, nuclear deterrence
• Size:  73,869 active personnel, 75,000 reserve personnel, (250 ships including auxiliaries), Approx. 300 aircraft
• Headquarters:  Nausena Bhawan, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi
• Motto(s):  Shaṁ No Varunaḥ (ISO), (Taken from Taittiriya Upanishad)
• March:  Quick: Jai Bharati, (Victory to India), Slow: Anand Lok, (Realm of Joy)
• Anniversaries:  Navy Day: 4 December
• Commander-in-Chief:  President Droupadi Murmu
• Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS):  Admiral Krishna Swaminathan
• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS):  Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar
• Navy Master Chief Petty Officer:  Dilbahadur Chhetri, MCERA I
• Notable, commanders:  Admiral S. M. Nanda, Admiral Ram Dass Katari
• Fighter:  Mikoyan MiG-29K, Dassault Rafale-M
• Helicopter:  Dhruv, Ka-28, Ka-31, Sea King Mk.42C, UH-3 Sea King, Chetak, Sikorsky MH-60R
• Utility helicopter:  Dhruv
• Patrol:  Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Dornier 228, Britten-Norman BN-2
• Reconnaissance:  IAI Heron, IAI Searcher Mk II, General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian
• Trainer:  BAE Hawk, HAL HJT-16, Pipistrel Virus, MiG-29KUB
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo