Bahadur Nariman Kavina
| Bahadur Nariman Kavina | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | BN Kavina |
| Born | 1 March 1937 Bhusawal, Maharashtra, British India |
| Died | 30 June 2017 (aged 80) Adelaide, Australia |
| Allegiance |
 India
|
| Service/branch | Indian Navy |
| Rank | commanding officer |
| Commands held | INS Nipat |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |
Vir Chakra Maharashtra Puraskar award |
Lt. Com. Bahadur Nariman Kavina VrC (Marathi: बहादुर नरिमन कविना; 1 March 1937 – 30 June 2017) was a prominent Indian naval officer, who was commanding officer of the INS Nipat. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Kavina was the chief architect of attack on the Port of Karachi and led the successful attack on Pakistani Navy headquarters.
B. N. Kavina was born in Bhusawal, Maharashtra, British India. He was educated in Bhusawal and Boys' Town, Nashik, where he repeatedly ran away despite being dutifully returned to school each time. He then attended Jai Hind College in Bombay, where he studied science.
Kavina first joined the National Cadet Corps as a naval cadet. After graduating from Jai Hind, he attended the National Defence Academy in Pune, and officially joined the Indian Navy in 1965. That same year, during the Indian–Pakistani conflict, he participated in patrols along the Gujarat border. In 1969, Kavina was sent to the Soviet Union for specialised training on missile boats.
In the 1971 war, the Indian Navy introduced a new missile boat to carry out their activities. Its overall relationship with the overall considerations and wartime costs continued. Such operations were successfully conducted in the presence of the INS Vikrant in the Andaman Islands. The Soviet-made Indian Navy's missile warriors interacted with each other and proceeded to attack the missile and confuse the Pakistani Navy.
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