INS Valsura
India /
Gujarat /
Bedi /
World
/ India
/ Gujarat
/ Bedi
World / India / Gujarat / Rajkot
township, naval base
INS Valsura, located in Rozi Island in the Gulf of Kutch, 5 km from Jamnagar, is a premier training establishment of the Indian Navy. The establishment was commissioned on 15 December 1942 by Colonel Digvijay Singhji, the Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, as a torpedo training school to counter the menace created by the German U-boats to Allied shipping during World War II.
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The name Valsura means Swordfish. This township is located on Rozi Island in Jamnagar amidst the scenic salt pans that are home to several species of migratory birds.
The establishment was built on Rozi Island in Jamnagar, a site donated by the ruler of Nawanagar state now Jamnagar, Colonel Dig Vijay Singhji Jadeja Sahed Bahadur, Jamsaheb. A kind and noble hearted royal, he agreed to part with 30 acres of land from his game reserve.
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/ins-valsura...
The name Valsura means Swordfish. This township is located on Rozi Island in Jamnagar amidst the scenic salt pans that are home to several species of migratory birds.
The establishment was built on Rozi Island in Jamnagar, a site donated by the ruler of Nawanagar state now Jamnagar, Colonel Dig Vijay Singhji Jadeja Sahed Bahadur, Jamsaheb. A kind and noble hearted royal, he agreed to part with 30 acres of land from his game reserve.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°32'3"N 70°2'43"E
- Zawar Group of Mines 424 km
- Thanwala 633 km
- Vatika City 740 km
- Indira Gandhi Nagar 760 km
- Vikaspuri 979 km
- Gaur Yamuna City 993 km
- Greater Noida 1003 km
- Mandola Vihar 1006 km
- Rail Coach Factory Complex 1110 km
- Banga 1130 km
- Salt pans 1.2 km
- JAMNAGAR SALT WORKS 1.8 km
- New Bedi Port 2.1 km
- Bedi port 2.6 km
- Rozi port 3.1 km
- Sanara-ka-rel 5.1 km
- Kalvan 6 km
- Chhad 7.6 km
- Mashuri creek 9 km
- Gulf of Kutch 62 km
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