Indian Navy to hold Navy Day 2025 Operational Demonstration at Thiruvananthapuram
The Indian Navy announced on 8 November 2025 that it will celebrate Navy Day 2025 with an Operational Demonstration on 4 December 2025 at Shangumugham beach, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Summary
The Navy Day 2025 demonstration continues the Indian Navy's practice of holding the event away from major naval stations; it was earlier held at Puri in Odisha and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. It will showcase indigenous platforms and the Navy's role as 'Preferred Security Partner' in the Indian Ocean Region under the MAHASAGAR vision. Navy Day recalls the Navy's role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, when its missile boats attacked Karachi harbour in Operation Trident.
Key facts
- Event
- Navy Day 2025 Operational Demonstration
- Date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Venue
- Shangumugham beach, Thiruvananthapuram
- Earlier venues
- Puri (Odisha), Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)
- Navy Day recalls
- Operation Trident, Karachi harbour, 1971
- Vision
- MAHASAGAR
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Where will the Indian Navy hold its Navy Day 2025 Operational Demonstration on 4 December 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Shangumugham beach, Thiruvananthapuram
The Navy said the demonstration would be held at Shangumugham beach, Thiruvananthapuram.
Before Thiruvananthapuram, at which two non-major-naval-station locations did the Indian Navy hold its Navy Day Operational Demonstration?
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Correct answer: D — Puri and Sindhudurg
The Navy said the event was earlier held at Puri in Odisha and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra.
Navy Day on 4 December recalls the Indian Navy's 1971 attack on which harbour, carried out by missile boats under which operation?
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Correct answer: B — Karachi harbour, Operation Trident
The Navy said Navy Day recalls its role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, when its missile boats attacked Karachi harbour as part of Operation Trident.