There is no dearth of museums in Kochi with each one revealing interesting chapters of history. Some have their own history, too. One such museum is the Indian Maritime Naval Museum in Fort Kochi. The museum consists of two enclosures that were initially World War II bunkers. In 1938, the Britishers had built two fortified bunkers in Kochi to store arms and ammunition. Wary of the Japanese, who had reached up to Burmese shores, the Britishers constructed these bunkers a year before the war broke out. The Japanese forces did not make it, and the bunkers remained intact.
Decades later in 2001, Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy decided to turn the space into a museum. Here, one can track the maritime history of Kerala and see antiques of the Indian Navy. The first bunker on left has 3D displays of the maritime history of Kerala, Its trade links with Arabs, The Portuguese and the Dutch. Phases of Indian maritime history with details of ancient and modern sea routes, the port cities of yore. It tells the story of Vasco da Gama and the resistance of heroes like Kunjali Marakkar. The evolution and exploits of the Indian Navy and Indian Ship building industry are described in the second bunker.
The well-maintained lawns of the museum have a wide variety of war memorabilia exhibits on display, which includes missiles, radars, depth charges, mines, guns, torpedoes, rocket launcher, etc used by Indian Navy. The museum also houses the scaled down model of decommissioned seaking helicopter.
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