Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.

The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. was one of the first large Indian-owned shipping companies, established in 1919 by industrialist Walchand Hirachand and Kilachand Devchand. Its first vessel, the SS Loyalty, sailed from Bombay to London on 5 April 1919, marking the first time an Indian company operated a steamship service between India and the United Kingdom. The company later expanded to coastal and international routes and played an important role in developing India’s maritime industry. In the early 1940s, Scindia established the Scindia Shipyard at Visakhapatnam, which became a significant milestone in modern Indian shipbuilding and was later nationalized as Hindustan Shipyard Limited.

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