• The Royal Indian Navy (RIN)revolt started on 18 February 194 | Tirumal Classes IAS Academy

• The Royal Indian Navy (RIN)revolt started on 18 February 1940 in Bombay. • The naval ratings on HMIS Talwar protested against the poor quality of food and racial discrimination by British officers.

The mutineers took out a procession in Bombay, holding aloft a portrait of Subhas Bose.

o Their ships also raised the flags of the Congress, Muslim League, and Communist Party.

• The demands advanced by the naval central strike committee combined service grievances with wider national concerns.

• The latter included the release of INA (Indian National Army) personnel and other political prisoners; withdrawal of Indian troops from Indonesia; and the acceptance of Indian officers only as superiors.