Royal Indian Navy

The Royal Indian Navy ( RIN) comprised the naval forces of British India. They formed a strike force in addition to the British Indian Army, and from 1932 also the Indian Air Force.

History

Its origins lay in the 1612 founded the East India Company 's Marine of the British East India Company. The name of the British naval forces in India often changed, Bombay Marine, Her Majesty 's Indian Navy, Her Majesty 's Indian Navy and Royal Indian Navy. In 1934 she was named the Royal Indian Navy. This was greatly expanded during the Second World War. The RIN has been involved in operations in both the Mediterranean ( Operation Husky ) and in the Pacific. On February 18, 1946, there was an uprising of the sailors in Bombay against the British rule.

After the partition of India in 1947, parts of equipment and personnel to the then Royal Pakistan Navy were handed over. With the transformation of India into a republic on 26 January 1950, the Royal Indian Navy was renamed the Indian Navy.