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[[File:Scindia house flag.svg|thumb|House flag of Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.]]<br />
[[File:Scindia house - Ballard pier Mumbai closeup.jpg|thumb|Scindia house - Ballard pier Mumbai closeup]]<br />
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'''The Scindia Steam Navigation Company''', founded in 1919, is the oldest [[shipping company]] of India.<br />
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==History==<br />
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===Foundation and early years===<br />
On 19 December 1914 the [[RMS Empress of India (1890)|RMS ''Empress of India'']] was reported sold to [[Scindia]] of [[Gwalior]] (also known as the [[Maharajah]] of [[Gwalior]]).<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/12/20/301761302.pdf "''Empress of India'' Sold; Scindia of Gwalior Buys Liner to Serve as Hospital Ship,"] ''New York Times.'' 20 December 1914.</ref> The former ''Empress'' was re-fitted as a [[hospital ship]] for Indian troops. On 19 January 1915, the ship was renamed ''Loyalty''. In March 1919, she was sold to the newly-formed Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd; on 5 April 1919, navigation history was created when she journeyed to the United Kingdom, a crucial step for India's shipping history when sea routes were controlled by the British.<br />
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===Expansion and competition===<br />
In 1932, the company purchased the Bengal Burma S.N. Co.; the company also purchased the Indian Co-operative Navigation & Trading Co., the Ratnagar S.N. Co., and in 1952 the [[Bombay Steam Navigation Company|Bombay S.N. Co.]]. The company purchased shipyards in India in 1940, named [[Scindia Shipyard Limited|Scindia Shipyard]]; its first ship, the 8000-ton ''Jalusha'', was launched soon after independence by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1948.<br />
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===Post war===<br />
The registered office is at Scindia Colony, Building III, Sir M.V. Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai-400069.<br />
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==Flag==<br />
The house flag of Scindia is blue, with a white disc bearing a red [[swastika]], an ancient Indian symbol unrelated to the its use by Nazi Germany.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The [[Indian_maritime_history#National_Maritime_Day|National Maritime Day]] is celebrated in India on 5 April, the anniversary of the ''Loyalty'''s journey to the United Kingdom.<br />
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==Locality==<br />
*[[Scindia, Visakhapatnam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bombay, India 1919-1958. by Scindia Steam Navigation Company.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/scindia.shtml List of Ships owned by Scindia]<br />
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