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#TodayInHistory Operation Trident takes place during the 1971 War when the Indian Navy carries out a surprise raid on Karachi port, dealing a devastating blow to the Pakistani Navy. This date is observed as #NavyDay annually.
The 1971 War was where the Indian Navy came into it's own and played a major part, unlike 1962, 1965 that were primarily land and air based. It was one of the finest hours of the Indian Navy to date. #NavyDay
The 1971 War, started on December 3, 1971, when the Pakistani air forced, launched Operation Chengiz Khan, a series of pre emptive attacks on the Indian air force bases in Pathankot, Agra, Ambala, that fortunately did not cause any major damage.
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It's #NavyDay today!! 🧵
Happy Navy day to those who served and those who are serving.
Navy is traditionally a mixture of extremes. It is the navy which won territories for the nations. Spain, England, Holland, Portugal, France and India were all successful colonial powers only+
because of their respective navies.
On the other hand, sailors - as against the navy - bring to mind fun and frolic. More than any group of people in the world, it is the sailors who are associated with deeds that usually gets shunted by the general conscience: +
Getting drunk at the slightest pretext in any bar or shack, engaging in brawls for no reason at all while there, rushing to the places where girls await with outstretched hands.

Indian Navy is different.

We dutifully send money home as soon as we get the salaries +
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#NavyDay2022
The first destroyer of India INS RAJPUT D141, an R class destroyer which was acquired in 1949 from Royal Navy (It also served in world war II as HMS Rotherham H09) During 1971 Indo Pak war Rajput was deployed in eastern coast to pretend as INS Vikrant to misguide +
Pakistani Submarine PNS Ghazi to keep her away from INS Vikrant. This ploy eventually led to downing of Pakistan’s pride PNS Ghazi.
That time India had three destroyers in same R class Rajput, Rana and Ranjit. Old INS Rajput was decommissioned in 1976 #IndianNavy. #NavyDay2022
In the early seventies INS Rana, Ranjit and Rajput used to be berthed near boat jetty/ pontoon. R-Class destroyers as the name suggests used to present a very scary look as pre-1971 conflict all naval ships were painted in dark grey while their chimney used to be black.
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