India and Mauritius established diplomatic relations in 1948, a year after Indian independence and two decades before Mauritius gained its own. Mauritius honours that visit in the most direct way a nation can — its National Day falls on 12 March, the date of the Dandi Salt March. The Navy Chief’s visit sits squarely within that arc — the maritime instrument of a partnership that political leadership has already defined. A technical agreement on White Shipping Information Exchange, signed during the Prime Minister’s March 2025 visit, now allows the two navies to share merchant traffic data. During the visit, the Chief of the Naval Staff is scheduled to call on the Prime Minister of Mauritius and other senior government officers.