History
The ship was commissioned into the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Delhi on 5 July 1948 under the command of Captain H. N. S. Brown of the Royal Navy. She had 17 British officers and petty officers, the rest of the crew being Indian. Commander Ram Dass Katari was her Executive Officer and the senior-most Indian officer, while Lieutenant Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda was her First Lieutenant. She conducted her first major goodwill cruise in 1948, to East Africa, the Seychelles, and Mauritius.
After India became a Republic in January 1950, she was renamed INS Delhi. In June 1950, Commander Adhar Kumar Chatterji (later Chief of the Naval Staff) became her first Indian commanding officer; the same month she conveyed Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Indonesia on an official visit.
In 1956, she played herself, as Achilles, in the film Battle of the River Plate.
In 1958, INS Delhi was moved to a training role.
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