Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kuchinja kunoshamisa mumano nemafungiro zveIndian Navy kwakaratidzwa zvakasimba mukati meHondo yeIndo-Pakistani ya1971. Vachitungamirirwa naAdmiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, mauto ehondo akabudirira kuita kuti mauto ehondo arwise West neEast Pakistan. Ngarava yepasi pegungwa yePakistan yoga yaikwanisa kusvika kure yakanyura pashure pokurwiswa nengarava yaiparadza pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeVisakhapatnam pakati pousiku hwaDecember 3/4, 1971. Musi wa 4 December, Mauto Emuchadenga eIndia akabudirira kuita Operation Trident
, kurwiswa kunoparadza paPakistan Naval Headquarters yeKarachi iyo yakanyudza ngarava inotsvaira zvimbambaira, muparadzi uye ngarava inopa zvombo. Kurwisa kwacho kwakakuvadzawo zvisingagadzirisiki imwe ngarava inoparadza uye matangi okuchengetera mafuta pachiteshi chengarava cheKarachi. Kuyeuka ikoku, 4 December inopembererwa seZuva reNavy. Izvi zvakateverwa neOperation Python musi wa 8 Zvita 1971, zvichitadzisazve kugona kwePakistan Navy. Frigate yeIndia, yaitungamirirwa naKaputeni M. N. Mulla yakanyudzwa na, apo yakakuvadzwa kumhenderekedzo yokumadokero. MuBay of Bengal, ngarava inotakura ndege yakashandiswa kuti ibudirire kuita kuti ngarava dzegungwa dzivharwe kuEast Pakistan. Sea Hawk uye ndege yeAlizé kubva kuINS "Vikrant" yakanyudza zvikepe zvakawanda zvehondo uye zvikepe zvePakistani zvekutengesa zvikepe. Kuti aratidze kubatana kwaro somubatsiri wePakistan, United States yakatumira Task Force 74 yakavakirwa panhandare inotakura ndege muBay of Bengal. Mukutsiva, ngarava dzehondo dzapasi pegungwa dzeSoviet dzakatevera boka rebasa reAmerica, iro rakabva muIndian Ocean richienda kuSoutheast Asia kunzvenga kurwisana. Pakupedzisira, kuvharirwa kwePakistan nemagungwa kweIndia kwakagumisa kuwedzerwa kwezvombo zvemauto ePakistan, izvo zvakaratidza kuva zvakakosha pakukundwa kwePakistan.