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Lothal complex represents resolve to celebrate India's maritime history: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the National Maritime Heritage Complex coming up at Lothal near here represents the country's resolve to celebrate its rich maritime history. The long period of slavery and indifference towards India's maritime strength made us forget about Lothal and Dholavira, and the complex will act as a centre for learning about and understanding India's diverse maritime history, he said. The prime minister was speaking after reviewing, through video conference, the construction of the complex. "Centuries ago, India's trade was spread over a large part of the globe. We had a relationship with all the civilisations of the world. India's maritime strength had a big role to play in this," Modi said. "The long period of slavery not only broke this capability of India, but with time, we Indians also became indifferent towards this. We forgot that we have great heritage like Lothal and Dholavira that were famous for maritime trade," he said. "We had gre

India-US naval relationship unwavering: Chief of US Naval Operations

Safe and secure seas cannot be preserved without a strong maritime force, Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday said while describing ties between navies of India and US as "unwavering"

India, US join to conduct integrated maritime engagements in Indian Ocean

The United States Navy and Indian armed forces again joined together to conduct integrated sea and air engagements off the coast of India on June 23 and 24

India expects to sail into top league at maritime organisation

The Sagarmala scheme is executing port and port-led development projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore in various stages of implementation

Investment push for maritime projects to come from govt

The residual projects drew low interest from the private sector on account of financial viability