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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended greetings to naval personnel on 44th Navy Day. [caption id=“attachment_2514532” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] “India is proud of a strong and valiant Navy that has always risen to the occasion to protect our nation. Navy Day greetings to Navy personnel,” PM Modi tweeted. December 4 is celebrated as the Navy Day in India, to commemorate the start of Operation Trident during the India-Pakistan War of 1971.
India is proud of a strong & valiant Navy, that has always risen to the occasion to protect our Nation. Navy Day greetings to Navy personnel
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 4, 2015
Earlier in the week, Navy Chief Admiral, RK Dhowan had asserted that every ship of the Indian navy was a microcosm of India. He stressed that secularism starts from an individual and maintained that the Navy maintains a spirit of secularism. The admiral said, “I would like to talk about how it is in the Navy. Every ship of the Indian Navy is a microcosm of India, where we have personnel from every single state representing, including every religion as well. IANS
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