Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan on 03 Dec 71. The twilight hours of 03 December turned out to be the dawning a new era for the Indian Navy. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields (03 Dec 1971), IN Ships Rajput and Akshay were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges, and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine’s presence. Thereafter a loud explosion was heard rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach. The Pakistani submarine Ghazi (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
The Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier and her aircraft played a decisive role in the Eastern theatre of the war. The Seahawk and Alize squadrons wrecked havoc on vital installations in East Pakistan. Very shortly, the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet was in complete control of the sea and the surrounding air space. Pakistani troops, desperate to escape, sought to use merchant ships for military purposes. Four Pakistani tugs, the merchant ship Baquir, and a Liberian ship were intercepted and escorted to Indian ports. Many others were either scuttled or captured. Moonless nights were selected for the missile boat attack on Karachi harbour. The attack was one of the historic moments of the Indian Navy’s victory and remains etched in naval memory. The only Indian ship lost during the 1971 operations was the frigate INS Khukri.
Lieutenant General Niazi signed the Instrument of Surrender on 16 December 1971.
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