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.