Having shifted the Marine School Orphanage to Nhava in 1912 nautical education was introduced in 1915. On December 4th 1918, a petition was submitted to the Governor of Bombay by about 650 seafarers for establishing a marine training college for Indians. However as no decision was taken due mainly to the resistance of British shipping interests the matter was shelved. A resolution was moved on January 12th, 1922 by Sir P. S. Srivarswami Aiyar in the Legislative Assembly "to investigate ways and means of promoting the formation of an Indian Mercantile Marine and the encouragement of ship building."