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Module - V India-Pakistan War-1971

Major Wars Post name Operation TRIDENT in which missile boats INS Nipat, INS Nirghat and INS
Independence
Veer armed with missiles were used. Four days later another naval Operation PYTHON
was launched. Both operations were successful in destroying Pakistani ships and thereby
reducing their capacity to launch naval attacks against India.

Note

Map 19.4: Operation TRIDENT

At the Eastern front too Indian navy played a remarkable role. The strategy was
aimed at not allowing Pakistan to use its Eastern port of Chittagong for reinforcements
to attack Indian positions and hence the Indian navy deployed its only aircraft carrier
INS Vikrant in the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Eastern Naval Command was under
Vice Admiral N. Krishnan who successfully isolated East Pakistan by a naval blockade
and trapped their navy in their ports. Besides INS Vikrant notable Indian navy ships
that took part in the naval war effort are INS Guldar, INS Gharial and INS Magar and

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