Forwarded from Nikhil Sheth - History and Culture
In the context of recent Navy flag, these are the some factoids of Indian navies in Medieval times.
1. Cholas in Bay of Bengal against Srilanka and SE Asia and also in Arabian sea against Maldives. But this was just a great logistical exercise and not naval warfare.
2. Marakkars against Portuguese. There is a movie on it. Extremely brave but sadly less known.
3. Marthanda Varma against Dutch
The famous battle of Colachel.
4. Marathas against Portuguese, Dutch British etc. Best known for Kolhapur campaigns against Portuguese, and 1678 Khanderi campaign. Plus the capture of EIC ship Derby, it was ghe single biggest instance of a British ship capture in India ever. Then there was a 1754 battle against Dutch where in the Dutch changed the trade routes themselves because of fear of Angres.
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1. Cholas in Bay of Bengal against Srilanka and SE Asia and also in Arabian sea against Maldives. But this was just a great logistical exercise and not naval warfare.
2. Marakkars against Portuguese. There is a movie on it. Extremely brave but sadly less known.
3. Marthanda Varma against Dutch
The famous battle of Colachel.
4. Marathas against Portuguese, Dutch British etc. Best known for Kolhapur campaigns against Portuguese, and 1678 Khanderi campaign. Plus the capture of EIC ship Derby, it was ghe single biggest instance of a British ship capture in India ever. Then there was a 1754 battle against Dutch where in the Dutch changed the trade routes themselves because of fear of Angres.
#navy
@nikhilhistoryculture