Some of the amazing facts about Indian Navy 1) The British East India Company established their own navy, East India Company’s Marine in 1612 which was later called Royal Indian Navy. Royal Indian Navy became the Indian Navy on 26th January, 1950. Indian Navy’s first mission was against the Portuguese Navy during the liberation of Goa in 1961.
2) The missile BrahMos is the fastest cruise missile in the world with a speed of Mach 2.8 – 3.0. Mach i.e. the ratio of speed of the object to speed of sound. 3) The Ezhimala Naval Academy in Kerala is the largest naval academy in Asia (Glad to have one of my friends there at Indian Naval Academy). 4) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is considered as the Father of Indian Navy, because he built a strong naval presence across the coast of Konkan and Goa to protect sea trade. 5) INS (Indian Naval Ship) Viraat was the navy’s first aircraft carrier and the oldest aircraft carrier in the world. INS Vikrant was the first aircraft carrier to be made in India.
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