Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNC) was one of the first indigenous Indian shipping companies set up during the Indian independence movement. It was started in 1906[1] by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).[2] It sailed ships between Tuticorin and Colombo until it was liquidated in 1911.[3]

  1. ^ Manian, Ilasai (20 October 2012). "Swadeshi ship on the blue waters of Tuticorin". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ J, Arockiaraj (25 December 2011). "VOC's descendants found in dire straits". Madurai. TNN. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ Bharti, Sushant (2023). Sagar Ke Senani (in Hindi) (First ed.). New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp. 38–40. ISBN 978-93-549-1673-1.