Seventy-four years ago on February 18, 1946, some 1,100 Indian sailors or “ratings” of the HMIS Talwar and the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Signal School in Bombay declared a hunger strike, triggered by the conditions and treatment of Indians in the Navy. RIN Mutiny A “slow down” the strike was also called, which meant … Continue reading In news: 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny