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The Indian Navy is the sea department of the Indian Armed Forces. India’s President is the Indian Navy’s Commander – in – chief. The Navy is commanded by a 4-star admiral, the Chief of Naval Staff, or the naval chief. The Navy’s primary mission is to defend India’s territorial sea and, in conjunction with some other Armed Services. Its primary function is to repel or eliminate any dangers or invasions against the country’s land in wartime and peacetime. The Indian Navy also performs training operations and combat relief, especially disaster assistance, and maintains peace on the ocean.
About Indian Navy
The Indian Navy does have an arsenal of 150+ warships and 300+ warplanes as of June 2021. It does have 67000+ operational and 75,000 standby men on duty. The deployable fleet consists of 1 operational aircraft carrier and an amphibious transit dock, eight patrol boat tanks, ten destroyers, and thirteen interceptors. It also has 1 ballistic missile nuclear sub, sixteen diesel-electric submarines, 1 anti-mine vessel, four fleet container ships, countless other supplementary vessels, small boats, and intelligent ships. It has a considerable presence in the Gulf of Persia and Africa, stretching to the Malacca Strait. It regularly executes anti-piracy missions and collaborates with some other regional fleets. It also frequently deploys for 2 to 3 months in the South China Sea area and the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Chief of Navy
The Chief of the Naval Staff is often called the Navy Chief, and CNS is the Indian Navy’s head office leader. The CNS or navy chief or navy admiral is the top officer and serves as the Minister of Defense’s primary counselor on naval affairs.
Details about Navy chiefs
The first navy chief of India was J.T.S Hall, and he was the Commander in chief of the Royal Indian Navy, which was established by the British. His tenure lasted for 198 days, started his job on 15 August 1947 to 29 February 1948.
J.T.S Hall again took charge as the navy chief and started his tenure from 1 March 1948 to 14 August 1948, lasting 166 days.
The second naval chief was William Edward Perry, who started his work on 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950 and lasted for one year and 165 days.
Sir William Edward Perry again took charge as naval chief and served for another one and half years.
Sir Charles T. K Pizey was the 3rd navy chief who started his job on 13 October 1951 to 31 March 1955, which lasted for three years and 169 days.
Sir Stephen H. Carlill took charge as navy chief on 21 July 1955 and continued his work till 21 April 1958.
Mr. Ramdas Katari was the first Indian-born person to take charge as navy chief. He started his work on 22 April 1958 to 4 June 1962, which lasted for four years.
After that, Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman was the navy chief and started his work from 1962 to march 1966.
After that, Adhar Kumar Chatterji was the navy chief who started his job from 3 March 1966 to 28 February 1970.
Then SM Nanda took charge of the Navy and served for three years.
After him, Surendra Nath Kohli served as navy chief for three years and worked till 29 February 1976.
After Mr. Kohli, Jal Cursetji took charge and served for another three years.
Then Ronald L Pereira took charge as naval chief and served till 28 February 1982 for nearly three years.
After that, OS Dawson took charge as chief of the Navy and started his work from 1982 to November 1984.
Then RH Tahiliani served from December 1984 to Nov. 1987.
Jayant Ganpat Nand Karni – 1 December 1987 to 30 November 1990 – 2 years 304 days.
Laxmi Narayan Ramdas worked from Dec 1990 to Sept 1993.
Then VS Shekhawat took charge as naval chief from 1 October 1993 to 30 September 1996, nearly three years.
Post the above
Vishnu Bhagwat – 1 October 1996 to 30 December 1998.
Sushil Kumar- 30 December 1998 to 29 December 2001
Madhvendra Singh- 29 December 2001 to 31 July 2001
Arun Parekh – 31 July 2004 to 31 October 2006
Suresh Mehta – 31 October 2006 to 31 August 2009
Nirmal Kumar Verma – 31st Aug 2009 to 31st Aug 2012
Devendra kumar Joshi- 31st Aug 2012 to 26 Feb 2014
Robin Kumar Dhawan – 26 Feb 2014 to 31 May 2016
Sunil Lamba – 31st May 2016 to 31 May 2019
Karambir Singh – 31 May 2019 to 30 November 2021
R Hari Kumar is the current chief of the Navy; He took charge as naval chief on 30 November 2021.
Conclusion
India has a more than 7500-kilometer coastline and a two million-square-kilometer Exclusive Economic Zone. Furthermore, India has enormous maritime resources, including many island jurisdictions and a massive seabed region, with sea routes carrying over 98 percent of our national commerce. So the Navy is essential for India, and the navy chief’s role is crucial to protecting India’s sea boundaries. India must safeguard its natural resources and maintain free trade channels to progress and prosper. As a result, India must retain a robust Navy that is constantly ready to respond.
