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In 1830 the [[Bombay Marine]] was renamed the '''Indian Navy''', based at Bombay.The Indian Navy, a combatant force, co-operated with the Royal Navy in policing Asian waters and also carried out regular marine surveys. In 1863 it was disbanded and replaced by two non-combatant marine services based in Bombay and Bengal respectively. In 1877 it was decided to combine the Bombay and Bengal Marines into a new combatant service entitled HM Indian Marine, with Western (Bombay) and Eastern (Calcutta) Divisions - HM Indian Marine was renamed the Royal Indian Marine in 1892 and the Royal Indian Navy in 1934. <ref> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-4#1-4 Royal Indian Marine/Navy IOR/L/MIL/16]</ref>
==FIBIS resources==
== Related articles ==
*[[Ships of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy]]
== References ==
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==External Links==
===Historical Books Online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann01lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Indian navy. (1613-1863) Volume 1''] by Charles Rathbone Low 1877. Covers the period 1613-1830. [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann02lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 2'']. Covers the period 1831-1863
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