The Man Who Bombed Karachi

THE MAN WHO BOMBED
KARACHI
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 S M NANDA : SUNDARLAL MATHRADAS NANDA
 FATHER- MATHRADAS FROM VILLAGE NEAR GUJRANWALA NOW PAK
 MOTHER-POORAN DEVI
 ELDEST AMONG 7 SIBLINGS , 3 BOYS 4 GIRL
 SPENT CHILDHOOD AT MANORA,SMALL ISLAND OF KARACHI
 ADMIRAL JELLICORE OF ROYAL NAVY HAD MAJOR ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF MANORA
 MANORA IS DIVIDED INTO 2 DISTT-PORT TRUST AREA , MILITARY’S GARRISON
 APPLIED FOR ROYAL INDIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVEIN SUPPLY BRANCH
 TOPPED ENTRANCE EXAM
 SELLECTION BOARD ASKED HIM TO JOIN EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 COMMISSIONED ON 11 OCT 1941 AS ACTING SUB LIEUTENANT IN RINVR
 GOT MARRIED ATAGE OF 21 TO SUMITRA
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 DURING 2ND WORLD WAR RIN COMPRISED ONLY 14 OR 15 OFFICERS
 NANDA WAS SENT ON SIX MONTH COURSE ON SHIP DEEPWATI
 INSTR- LT ADHAR KUMAR CHATTERJI (LATER CNS) , WAR BROKE DURING HIS TRAINING
 REACHED BASRA AND DISPACHED TO NAVAL OFFICE IN CALCUTTA
 ASSIGNED DIFFERENT DUTIES IN SUNDARBAN AREA
 AFTER PEARL HARBOUR ATTACK 7 DEC 1941 SM NANDA ORDERED TO GO TO KHULNA
 TOOK OVER MINE STEAMER ALONG WITH HALF OF PLATOON OF TROOPS
 AIM OF PATROL-KEEP UP MORALE OF LOCALS,AND OBTAIN INFO OF JAPANESE ADVANCE
 IN JUNE 1942 , S M NANDA GOT SELECTED FOR LONG ‘C’(SPECIALIST COMN COURSE) AT HMIS
TALWAR
 ON 30 OCT 1942 APPOINTED AS INSTRUCTOR AT HMIS TALWAR
 BECAME INSTR OF FIRST BATCH OF WRINS
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 ROYAL INDIAN NAVY MUTINY -19 46
 AT THE BEGENING OF WORLD WAR IN 1934- 114 REGULAR OFFICERS ,1700 SAILORS
BY END- 2438 OFFICERS,21193 SAILORS 2000 WO

FORMATION OF INA,POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN INDIA PEAKED,LARGE NO OF SAILOR AWAITING
MOBILISATION,IN SUCH ATMOSPHERE OF SIMMERING RESENTMENT ,RIN SAILORS REBELLED
 MUTINY HASTENED ATTAINMENT OF INDEPENDENCE
 SM NANDA TORN B/W ROYALITY OF UNIFORM AND PULLS OF NATIONALISTIC CONSCIENCE
 EVENTS HMIS TALWAR C IN C FLAG AND NAVAL ENSIGN WHICH WERE TO BE HOISTED WERE
CUT OUT AND QUIT INDIA SLOGAN WERE PAINTED IN HUGE LETTER ON WALLS OF
CLASSROOM
 DISCIPLINED SAILORS TURNED INDISCIPLINED AGITATORS
 ANTI BRITISH SLOGAN BROKE OUT , SIGNAL SCHOOL ON STRIKE , BROADCASTED BY SAILORS
IN ALL INDIA AND ABROAD
 MEN TOOK CONTROL OF BARRACKS AND DID MEETINGS THERE
 SARDAR PATEL WHILE APPRICIATING THE MOTIVES BEHIND THE UPRISING DID NOT WANT TO
START OFF WITH INDISCIPLINE
 SARDAR PATEL ADVISED TROOPS TO END AGITATION AND JOIN DUTY
 JOINED HMIS NARBADA VISITED KURE,SAREBO,HONGKONG

 APPOINTED TO HMIS CAUVERY,WHILE INDIA WAS PARTITIONING ,LATER TOOK OVER COMMAND
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 NANDA JOINED MEDITERRAINIAN FLEET FOR TRAINING TOOK OVER AS FIRST LT OF HMIS DELHI
 REPORTED TO HMIS TRIUMPH , AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF ROYAL NAVY
 LEARNT USEFUL ASPECTS REGARDING OP CAPABILITY OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND INSIGHT INTO
USE OF AIR POWER AT SEA
 JOINED HMS NEWCASTLE IN MEDITERRAINIAN FLEET
 RECENTY COMMISSIONED CRUISER TASK WAS TO STOP INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN JEWISH
REFUGEES TO HAFIA
 COMPLEX MANOEUVRE , CATTLING ANCHOR , MOORING SHIP ,ADVANCE GUNNARY EXERCISE.
 WENT ON TO UK TO JOIN HMIS DELHI AS FIRST LIEUTENANT
 HMS ACHILLES GOT CONVERTED INTO HMIS DELHI.(HMIS DELHI PLAYED MAJOR ROLE IN BATTLE
IF RIVERPLATE
 HMIS DELHI BECAME TRAINING GROUND FOR LARGE NO. OF OFFICERS AND LAID FOUNDATION
FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FORCE
 V K KRISHNA MENON , HIGH COMMISSIONER OF INDIA IN UK , COMMISSIONED HMIS DELHI INTO
INDIAN NAVY ON 5 JULY 1948
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 HIS SHIP WAS RECEIVED BY PM PT JAWAHAR Lal NEHRU ON 16 DEC 1948
 SHIP VISTI D MAJOR PORTS COCHIN,MADURAI ,Calcutta FOREIGN GOODWILL MSN TO
SEYCHELLLS AND MAURITIUS , DARES SALAAM, MOMBASA
 AT THE END OF GODWILL MISSION HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL SERVICES AT
NHQ NEW DELHI WITH RANK CDR
 INDIA BECAME SOVEREGN REPUBLIC ON 26 JANUARY 1950 NAD PREFIX ROYAL REMOVED
 INDIAN NAVY CAME INTO EXISTENCE AND SHIPS DESIGNATED AS INDIAN NAVAL SHIP.
 GIVEN COMMAND OF INS RANJIT
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 ASSUMED COMMAND OF INS RANJIT ON 36TH BIRTH DAY
 WENT ON GOODWILL MISSION TO SEVERAL PLACES LIKE SINGAPORE , SAIGON (HO CHI MINH)
JAKARATA AND OTHER PORTS IN INDONESIA
 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT CARRIED BETWEEN FLAGSHIP AND INS RANJIT
 DIFFERNENT STORIES AROUND SHIP, GHOST ON BOARD,PRANKS PLAYED ON MIDSHIPMEN
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 AFTER RETURNING FROM BOMBAY TOOK OVER COMMAND OF INS JAMUNA ON 31ST AUG 1953
 PROMOTED TO RANK OF CAPT ON 15TH FEB 1954 TOOK OVER AS CAPBRAX AND CO OF INS
AGRA
 CHIEF OF PERSONNEL AT NHQ ON 20 SEP 1954
 HE WAS ALSO THE PSO TO WHOM JAG OF NAVY REPORTED
 RESOLVED THE ISSUE OF MONEY AWARDED TO RIN AT THE END OF 2ND WORLD WAR WHICH
WAS LYING IN BANK DUE TO INDO PAK DISPUTE

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BY END- 2438 OFFICERS,21193 SAILORS 2000 WO

 JOINED HMIS NARBADA VISITED KURE,SAREBO,HONGKONG

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