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Ensuring  national  security and prosperity requires a larger Indian  navy  

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Last updated: 2023/12/04 at 2:14 PM
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 The 1971 war saw the  full  participation of the Indian Navy in combat for the first time since independence. 

  The then Royal Indian Navy  first  celebrated Navy Day  on 21 October 1944. Since 1972, the Indian Navy (IN) has celebrated December 4 as Navy Day.  This  day was chosen to commemorate the  daring  and successful attack by IN missile boats on Karachi  port during  the 1971 Indo-Pak war  during  Operation Trident. The 1971 war saw the  full  participation of the Indian Navy in combat for the first time since independence. It was an unfortunate and short-sighted  decision by the  government  that prevented  the  IN from  demonstrating  its  strength  in the  war of 1965.  The actions of  the  IN on  the  West  and  East coasts  in 1971 made the world  aware  of our naval  power.  Over the  decades,  IN has grown  strongly  in  both  quality  and  quantity.  It is to the credit of  visionary naval  leaders  of the past who steadfastly led IN to become a capable and  influential  force, often  overcoming all  odds. 

  John Dalberg-Acton, the great historian and  philosopher, said: “History is not a burden to the memory but an enlightenment to the soul.” Unfortunately,  in the Indian context, our maritime history  has been pushed aside,  despite  our  glorious past dating back to 3000  BC.  

  Considerable  maritime activity  was  recorded  during  the Vedic  era  and the era of  the  Nandas, Mauryas,  Ashokas,  Guptas, Satavahanas, Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Zamorins and Marathas. Many of these kingdoms were  supported  by powerful navies. The defeat of the Marathas  put an end to  our glorious  navigation and  maritime  capabilities.  It  took nearly  two centuries  for India to  consider  itself  a  “maritime nation.”  However, the importance of the maritime  sector  for trade and security was not lost on some,  such as  Pandit Nehru and KM Panikkar, who advocated  having  a strong navy. The group of industrialists who  proposed  the Bombay Plan in 1944 also proposed a  powerful  navy. However,  Pakistan’s  invasion of Kashmir  soon  after independence had  the adverse  effect of  diverting  our attention and energies to the continental  domain  at the  expense  of the maritime  domain.  Even the fact that we are the only  country named  after  an ocean  has not really awakened  our maritime consciousness.  It is not surprising that  the Indian Navy was never considered a major instrument in our strategic  calculations until  the 1971 war. 

  India’s  naval power declined and  fell  into oblivion when foreign  powers, i.e. Europe,  came  to establish  control over the seas and trade routes  to  India, especially from  18th century onwards. Despite  the  brave and  persistent efforts of  the Indian Navy to  revive  our maritime culture and overcome  “maritime blindness”,  the nation and its strategic community  remain  largely  take the continent as the center.  

 Call it a twist of fate or  irony, but it was a foreign  power, specifically  China, that  partly revived  maritime consciousness  in  the strategic community in  India, when its strength, China’s growing maritime capabilities  and  power are becoming increasingly apparent.  In 1999,  not a single  ship  of the  People’s  Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)  had called  ports in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). These  currently affect  around  20 people a  year. While port visits by  military  ships  themselves  are  harmless, the PLAN’s  IOR  operations  are  designed  to  advance  their strategic interests,  but they are  not all  harmless.  IOR  currently has about 1,700  Chinese ships of all  types  in a month.  China’s growing presence  in the IOR includes PLAN warships, fishing vessels, survey  vessels,  and  intelligence gathering  vessels.  Similar  to  their behavior  in the South China Sea (SCS),  PLAN warships have  displayed aggressive behavior  even in the Indian Ocean. 

  Chinese satellite  tracking ships  regularly operate  in the IOR. Despite the COVID pandemic,  their average deployment  time in 2020-2021  was 82 days. On  average,  there are  about 240 Chinese fishing vessels  present in  the  IOR at any  time.  What is worrying is that  the Chinese maritime militia is also  operating  in the IOR.  

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