Anchored in Legacy, Steered by Innovation
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- ISBN 9781041324584
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores the evolution of the Indian Navy into a modernized blue-water navy. It shows how the Navy’s ethos is anchored in ancient maritime heritage while it constantly innovates with the times. It traces how the modern Indian Navy emerged from the shadows of the Royal Indian Navy and transformed itself into a strong, united, reliable, and a self-made force. The chapters in the volume explore: key naval campaigns of the Indian Navy such as the 1965 and the 1971 wars as well as recent contributions such as Operation Sindoor; key humanitarian and disaster relief operations across the Indian Ocean Region; assistance to other nations and navies; the development of the air arm, the submarine arm, and the indigenous aircraft carrier; and its progression from a “buyer’s” navy to a “builder’s” navy.
The volume will be indispensable to military personnel students, researchers and enthusiasts of military history and strategic studies, India’s maritime history and heritage, as well as naval studies.
Commander Kalesh Mohanan heads the Naval History Division at Goa and is a doctoral guide at Naval War College and Mumbai University for Military and Maritime History. He holds PhD and Postdoctoral degree in Naval History from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has over 30 articles and books including The Royal Indian Navy: Trajectories, Transformations and the Transfer of Power, Maritime Heritage of India, Breaking Waves, Making History: Navika Sagar Parikrama and Forged by the sea: The Indian Navy Story.
Lieutenant Commander Anupama Thapliyal, Deputy Officer-in-Charge, Naval History Division, is a naval historian and is a PhD candidate at Defence and Strategic Studies, Central University of Kerala. She co-authored the books Breaking Waves, Making History: Navika Sagar Parikrama, Forged by the sea: The Indian Navy Story and has contributed to the official history of Indian Navy from 2011–2021.
Lieutenant Jeevitesh Saharan is presently serving at the Naval History Division, Goa. He has contributed to documenting India's post-independence maritime evolution. He co-authored the book Forged by the sea: The Indian Navy Story and contributed as a co-editor for the book Harmonising the Decibels: The Journey of Indian Navy's Indigenous Sonar.
