Royal Indian Navy
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The Royal Indian Navy was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India. Along with the Presidency armies, later the Indian Army, and from 1932 the Royal Indian Air Force, it was one of the Armed Forces of British India. Wikipedia
Founded: 1934
Active: 5 September 1612 – 26 January 1950
Nickname(s): RIN
Size: 20,000 personnel During WW2 (1943) to 9,600 personnel by Independence after post war demobilization (1947)