Navy Day Quotes & Status

Marking December 4, 1971 — Operation Trident.

Navy Day is observed on December 4 to commemorate Operation Trident, the Indian Navy's missile-boat strike on Karachi harbour during the night of December 4-5, 1971, which sank several Pakistani vessels and badly damaged the port. It remains one of the most decisive naval actions in the 1971 war. Read our Quotes honouring the sailors who carried it out.

The date was formally adopted as Navy Day at a Senior Naval Officers' Conference in 1972, and it is now marked with fleet reviews, exhibitions and tributes at naval bases along India's coastline. Share a Status update to mark the occasion.