Actually, India has a relatively powerful navy that has helped ca…
Actually, India has a relatively powerful navy that has helped catapult it to regional power status. Indian maritime traditions go back thousands of years
http://indiannavy.nic.in/history.htm
and Indian Tamils even built a major maritime Empire in the first/second millenium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanhoji_Angre
The modern Indian navy is the legacy of the British Indian Navy, primarily from the WW-II era
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/