The Royal Indian Navy: Trajectories, Transformations and the Transfer of Power

This book presents a comprehensive history of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). It traces the origins of the RIN to the East India Company, as early as 1612, and untangles the institution’s complex history. Capturing various transitional phases of the RIN, especially during the crucial period of 1920–1950, it concludes with the final transfer of the RIN from under the British Raj to independent India.

Drawn from a host of primary sources—personal diaries and logs, official reports and documents—t...