The Periodical (December 2019) (Compressed)
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Indian
Ocean
Background
The Indian Navy has an important role in securing the marine borders of the country
as well as enhancing the international relations of India through seaport visits, joint
exercises, humanitarian calamity relief and so on. The modern Indian Navy has as
undergone speedy renovation in order to improve its position in the Indian Ocean
region. The strength of the Indian Navy includes over 67,000 personnel and about
150 ships and submarines.
Reason behind Navy Day Celebration
Navy Day in India is celebrated to commemorate the attack on the Karachi harbor
during the Indo-Pakistan war (on 4 December 1971) by the Indian Naval Missile boats
as well in to reverence all the martyrs of that war. During the attack, Indian sailors
communicated in Russian to avoid detection.
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