by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guarantee of peace”. – Theodore Roosevelt. Promoting the ‘Make in India’ initiative, INS Kavaratti (P31), the last of the four Kamorta Class Corvettes under Project 28 (P28), was commissioned into the Indian...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
Crest of INS Dega (L), INS Dega, Visakhapatnam (R) INS Dega is a Naval Air Station of the Indian Navy in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Naval Aviation is one of the crucial elements which makes the use of manned air power in armed conflicts by a sea-based military...
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...
