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It seems finally this book is available

https://www.adhyayanbooks.com/book/25-m ... old-story/

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shaun wrote: 01 Oct 2024 21:51 It seems finally this book is available

https://www.adhyayanbooks.com/book/25-m ... old-story/

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Don't waste time money or time for above online order link
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Naval operations during Liberation of Goa.

https://x.com/Kunal_Biswas707/status/18 ... 6LgFQ&s=19

Please post as images.

Thanks. Ramana
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A few Images taken from the X thread of Kunal Biswas mentioned above

(please excuse large images. Original images were even bigger)

1) The combatants
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2) NRP Afonso de Albuquerque
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3) NRP Antares
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4) INS Delhi
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5) INS Mysore
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6) INS Beas
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7) INS Kaveri
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8 ) No prizes for guessing this girl :)
INS Vikrant
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9) NRP Afonso de Albuquerque - after she was hit and ran aground
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10) NRP Vega - Strafed by the IAF & abandoned by the Portuguese. Renamed and used as a target ship. NRP Sirius was scuttled by the Portuguese. NRP Antares survived the skirmish and reached Karachi port 530 miles away
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11) The engagement
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Navy Day Special | An Admiral of the Indian Navy

Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema PVSM, AVSM, NM was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 1977 on graduation from the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla. He is a Gunnery and Missile Warfare Specialist where he topped the course. He graduated from the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, with flying colors coming first in the overall order of merit and also winning the medal for the Best Dissertation. He is also an alumni of the College of Naval Warfare (CNW), Mumbai. He has the rare honour of Commanding five frontline war ships -- The missile boat INS Nishank, Mauritian Coast Guard OPV Vigilant, the missile corvette INS Khanjar, the stealth frigate INS Trishul and the Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat. He has also held the distinguished command of the Indian Naval Academy which imparts training to Officer Cadets.

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