India, Aug. 27 -- As a testimony to India's growing shipbuilding prowess and its march towards self-reliance, two multi-mission stealth frigates of Project 17A - INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri - were commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Naval Base, Visakhapatnam on August 26, 2025. It was for the first time that two frontline surface combatants indigenously constructed by two different shipyards - Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai [INS Udaygiri] and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata [INS Himgiri] - were commissioned simultaneously.
In his address, Raksha Mantri exuded confidence that these warships will not only strengthen the security system a...