CONTENTS: Introduction, 1. Introducing Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi PVSM, AVSM, NM the 26th Chief of the Naval Staff, 2. The Maritime Histgory of India, 3. The Introduction-India's Navy at @2025 is a Story of Risk-Taking and Innovation on a Shoe String Budget, 4. The Preface-A Sailor's Biography and Acknowledgements, 5. Prologue-What Make3s The Indian Navy Different, 6. Lest We Forget the TYraining Ship Dufferin and Navy's Pioneers in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN), 7. Navy's Beginnings from WW-II-The 1946 Mutiny to Op Vijay in 1961 to Amalgamate Goa and Beyhond, 8. The Voyage Began and the Indian Navy was told to keep its powder dry and was not allowed to take part in the 1965 war, 9. Navy's 1971 War-PM Mrs Indira Gandhi Cleared Navy's Strikes on Karachi after Studying the 1965 War and Harked Gen Manekshaw's Advice, 10. INS Nilgiri in 1972 was Navy's Harbinger to Become a Builder's Navy, 11. Coups ASverted-Op Lal Dora in Mauritius (1983) with Flowers are Blooming in Seychelles (1986) & O p Pawan in Sri Lanka (1987-91) Army Sacrificed over 1100 Olive Green Souls, 12. Navy's Submarines-Old and New and Ready to Go, 13. Navy's First Nuclear Submarine-INS Chakra & The Chakradharians, 14. The Transformed Indian Navy has a Big Responsibility as the key Maritime Force in the Region, 15. Indian's Credible Minimum Strategic Deterrent and the Navy's Component in India's Triad and my Escapade, 16. Indian Naval Aviation-Navy's Sword arm is set to Grow, 17. From the Subsonic (Termit P-15) to the Hypersonic Zircon, 18. The Major Operations of the Navy, 19. Navy's 37,500 -ton Aircraft Carrier Vikrant is an Achievement in Atmanirbharta-The Road Traversed, 20. An Air Sea Maritime Doctrine is the Answer to Harness India's Military Power in the IOR and, if Extended tol the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, 21. India and its Navy@2025 and Beyond are Going into Their Best Years, Appendix I Next Generation Missile Corvettes can be more armed, Appendix II Memoirs-Navacians Host their Mentors.