Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An nuna canji mai ban mamaki a cikin iyawa da matsayin Sojojin ruwan Indiya a lokacin Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan na 1971. A karkashin umarnin Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, sojojin ruwa sun yi nasarar aiwatar da takunkumin jiragen ruwa na Yammacin Pakistan da Gabashin Pakistan. Jirgin ruwa mai zurfin jirgin ruwa na Pakistan ya nutse bayan harin da mai hallaka ya kai a gabar tekun Visakhapatnam a tsakar dare na 3 zuwa 4 ga Disamba 1971. A ranar 4 ga Disamba, sojojin ruwa na Indiya sun yi nasarar aiwatar da
Operation Trident, wani mummunar hari a kan Pakistan Naval Headquarters na Karachi wanda ya nutsar da minesweeper, mai hallaka da kuma ammunition samar da jirgin ruwa. Har ila yau, harin ya lalata wani jirgin ruwa da tankunan ajiyar mai a tashar jiragen ruwa na Karachi. Don tunawa da wannan, ana bikin ranar 4 ga Disamba a matsayin Ranar Sojojin Ruwa. Wannan ya biyo bayan Operation Python a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1971, wanda ya kara rage karfin sojojin Pakistan. Jirgin ruwan Indiya, wanda Kyaftin M. N. Mulla ya umurce shi ya nutsar da shi, yayin da ya lalace a gabar yamma. A cikin Bay of Bengal, an tura mai ɗaukar jirgin sama don samun nasarar aiwatar da toshewar jiragen ruwa a Gabashin Pakistan. Jirgin saman Sea Hawk da Alizé daga INS "Vikrant" sun nutsar da jiragen ruwa da yawa da jiragen ruwa na Pakistan. Don nuna hadin kai a matsayin abokin kawancen Pakistan, Amurka ta aika da Task Force 74 da ke kewaye da jirgin sama a cikin Bay of Bengal. A cikin ramuwar gayya, jiragen ruwa na Soviet Navy sun bi rukunin aikin Amurka, wanda ya tashi daga Tekun Indiya zuwa kudu maso gabashin Asiya don kauce wa rikici. A ƙarshe, toshewar jirgin ruwa na Indiya na Pakistan ya hana samar da kayan tallafi ga sojojin Pakistan, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa ya kasance mai yanke hukunci a cikin mummunan nasarar Pakistan.