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Indian Navy
Sign in to saveAlso known as Navy of India, Bhāratīya Nau Senā, Indian Navy crest
Maritime service branch of Indian Military
Key facts
- Founded
- 5 September 1612 ; 413 years ago ( 5 September 1612 ) ( as East India Company's Marine ) 1654 ; 372 years ago ( 1654 ) ( as Maratha Navy ) 26 January 1950 ; 76 years ago ( 26 January 1950 ) ( in current form )
- Country
- India
- 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
- Part of
- Indian Armed Forces
- Headquarters
- Nausena Bhawan , Delhi Cantonment , Delhi
- Mottos
- Shaṁ No Varunaḥ ( ISO ) , translation</span>"}]]}'>transl. 'May the Lord of Water be auspicious to us' (Taken from Taittiriya Upanishad )
- Colours
- Navy blue, gold and white
- March
- Quick: Jai Bharati , (Victory to India) Slow: Anand Lok , (Realm of Joy)
- Anniversaries
- Navy Day : 4 December
- Website
- indiannavy .gov .in
- 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
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- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1830
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Also known as
- Bhāratīya Nau Senā, Indian Navy crest, Royal Indian Navy
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- भारतीय नौ सेना
- Employees
- 58350
- Official website
- indiannavy.gov.in
- Motto
- May the Lord of the Oceans be auspicious unto us
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The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO: Bhāratīya Nau Senā) 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, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region, the Horn of Africa, the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts anti-piracy operations with other navies in the region. It also conducts routine two to three month-long deployments in the South and East China seas as well as in the western Mediterranean sea simultaneously.
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, both in war and peace. Through joint exercises, goodwill visits and humanitarian missions, including disaster relief, the Indian Navy promotes bilateral relations between nations. Since October 2008, the Indian Navy keeps at least one frontline warship on continuous deployment in the Gulf of Aden.