Indian Navy Ranks And Insignia
The Indian Navy (IN), the naval component of the Indian Armed Forces follows a certain hierarchy of rank designations and insignia derived from the erstwhile Royal Indian Navy (RIN). History 1947-2023 Upon the establishment of Indian Independence Act 1947, establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a Dominion of India, dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of Monarchy of the United Kingdom, King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding insignia. In May 1949, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Lord Mountbatten, the inaugural Governor-General of India and himself a naval officer, dispatched a note to Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, titled ''Names and Insignia of Indian Armed Forces'', co ...
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