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22 April 2021 My Dear Young & Little Indians, 63 years back on this day (22 April 1958) Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari took over as the first Indian Chief of Indian Navy. Till this time, Indian Navy was commanded by British Officer Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Hope Carill. Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari Prior to independence, Indian Armed Forces were commanded by British Officers.Transfer of power to an Indian Chief was done for the Army first because it was the largest of the three wings of the Armed Forces. 15 August 1947 India became independent 15 January 1949 Lt General K M Cariappa took over as the first Indian Chief of Indian Army (The Chief was then known as Commader-in-Chief). He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal. 1 April 1954 Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee took over as the first Indian Chief of Indian Air Force. (The Chief was then known as Commader-in-Chief). 22 April 1958 Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari took over as the first Indian Chief of Indian Navy. Vice Admiral Ram Da

My Dear Young and Little Indians, India has 15,106 km of land borders with other countries and 7,516 kms of coastline (borders along the seas) A large country like India needs bigger ships to protect its coastline. Ships that can carry naval officers and weapons are not enough. We need ships that act as a full fledged military base. This floating military base has to be self sufficient like a city. This requirement is met by air craft carriers. These ships are so huge that they can carry multiple fighter jets and offer take-off and landing facility to aircrafts.   INS Vikrant was the first air craft carrier of Indian Navy. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy 60 years back on 4 March 1961. After serving India and The Indian Navy for 36 years, INS Vikrant was decommissioned on 31 January 1997. (Commission is a military term meaning joining the military. Decommission means leaving the military or retiring from service. When an officer or military hardware