Navy Day Celebrated Across the Country

Navy Day Celebrated Across the Country  The 45th Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2016. The day is observed every year to celebrate the magnificence, achievements and role of the naval force to the country. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended their greetings and felicitations to all members of the Indian Navy and their families on this occasion. Indian navy is

the naval branch of the India’s armed forces which is led by the President of India as a Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy. The Maratha emperor, Chhatarpati Shivaji Bhosle of the 17th century is considered as “Father of the Indian Navy”. Navy Day in India is celebrated to commemorate the courageous attack on the Karachi harbor during the Indo-Pakistan war on December 4, 1971 by the Indian Naval Missile boats as well as to pay respect to all the martyrs of that war.