by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
The oldest Command Hospital of the Indian Navy, Indian Naval Hospital Ship (INHS) Asvini derives its name from the Vedic deities Asvins or Asvin Kumaras, also known as the horse twins who were proficient in the knowledge of health, medicine, and science. In the Rig...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
According to the Cambridge dictionary, the term ‘iconography’ refers to the use of images and symbols to represent ideas or the particular images and symbols used by a religious or political group. In simple words, iconography is concerned with the visual aspect of...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
The requirement to create an indigenous marine gas turbine overhaul facility was realised in the Indian Navy during the early eighties. An idea was laid out to create a composite and self-contained gas turbine overhauling facility. This independent facility was to be...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
By Ms Uma Kabe, Project Research Associate, Maritime History Society “Of all the branches of the men in the forces, there is no one which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners” -Winston Churchill. India’s first indigenously constructed...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
Introduction In the Indo-Pak War of 1971, at the naval frontiers many warships played important roles, INS Khukri (F149) being one of them. INS Khukri was attacked and sunk during the war. To commemorate its valour, a Khukri class corvette was commissioned in the same...
