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Great news!! I always hated the old IN flag but thought nothing would/could be done about it. The British did nothing for India but subvert and butcher millions of people for their own selfish greed. Good on you IN!!
Which brings another.. less related perhaps.. but relevant question?
Did none of the Indian rulers of India have a naval force??
I doubt the self indulgent Mughals ever did.. but no one that can allude to a indigenous tradition?
That would the 'pious' 'believer' rulers who claimed to rule India for 1000 years, not British. British may have colonized India and robbed our resources, but they also laid the foundation of Modern India & our institutions like Railways, Post, Judiciary, Educational System etc. Don't hate British for the sake of hating.
Which brings another.. less related perhaps.. but relevant question?
Did none of the Indian rulers of India have a naval force??
I doubt the self indulgent Mughals ever did.. but no one that can allude to a indigenous tradition?
They did actually. The Maratha's, Tipu Sultan as well as the Kingdom of Travencore had strong navies. The Travencore Navy was the reason why the Dutch never got a foothold in India. Marathas and the Mughals were a depleted force when the British navy came in. Add to that advanced ships, the entire naval capabilities of India was destroyed.
Reason for not using indigenous insignia was to avoid regional bickering. King Ashoka and his insignia are the closest we can go to having a common traditional military insignia.
@Santro; South Indian had a strong navy they captured most of Indo China
@Santro; South Indian had a strong navy they captured most of Indo China
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Then start taking elements from those which were the most successful.
For eg.. a particular dress.. although I assume its probably going to make everybody look really ridiculous.
As an example.. the brits and in turn the PN indulged in a ceremony somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic (or near greece..not sure).
where homage was paid to the greek god Poseidon..him being god of the seas.
Not as such as believing in him, but as tradition there was a ceremony held...meaningless as such, but it provided a respite for the crew and the chance to have some fun.(they got to dress up)
However.. I doubt it has any relevance to any of us in the sub-continent.
Yup.. thats exactly the one..
I could'nt remember whom it was dedicated to.. kept thinking of greek gods..
So.. something along those lines, based on Indian tradition cant be exercised?
Yup.. thats exactly the one..
I could'nt remember whom it was dedicated to.. kept thinking of greek gods..
So.. something along those lines, based on Indian tradition cant be exercised?
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We do name our establishments after our indigenous heroes too. For example our western naval command HQ is called INS Angre named after Sarkhel Kanhoji Angre of Maratha Navy.
I think we should not exclude any of our history, we want to be an inclusive nation.
Yeah I forgot this part. Thats how Hinduism was established in Ancient Indonesia and Indo China.
You are right. You should als realize that your Kolkata class is being laughed by many military observers as a "world navy systems expo"?
Let me give you details:
Engine: Zorya, Ukrainian
Radar: IAI, Israel
Air search Radar: Thales, France
Electricity generation: Wärtsilä, Finland
Electronic warfare: Elbit, Israel
Surface to air missile: Barak, Israel
CIWS: AK-630, Russia
Anti-submarine: RBU-6000, Russia
this list goes longer than this. computer system are all imported, even the rivet and shockingly the electricity wire need to be imported.