In Photos: Droupadi Murmu undertakes submarine sortie onboard INS Vaghsheer

Updated On: 29 December, 2025 01:53 PM IST | ronak mastakar

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday undertook an over two-hour sortie onboard the indigenously-built submarine INS Vaghsheer on the Western seaboard, signalling India`s focus on boosting undersea warfare capabilities. (Pics/PTI)

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<p>Murmu became the second President to experience a submarine sortie. In February 2006, APJ Abdul Kalam undertook a similar sortie onboard INS Sindhu Rakshak.</p>

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Murmu became the second President to experience a submarine sortie. In February 2006, APJ Abdul Kalam undertook a similar sortie onboard INS Sindhu Rakshak.

<p>Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi accompanied President Murmu during the over two-hour sortie in the Kalvari class "silent sentinel" from the Karwar naval base in Karnataka, officials said.</p>

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Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi accompanied President Murmu during the over two-hour sortie in the Kalvari class "silent sentinel" from the Karwar naval base in Karnataka, officials said.

<p>The President`s office said she undertook a "dived sortie" onboard INS Vaghsheer and interacted with the submarine crew and witnessed the operational demonstrations."</p>

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The President`s office said she undertook a "dived sortie" onboard INS Vaghsheer and interacted with the submarine crew and witnessed the operational demonstrations."

<p>The President is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces. Murmu, writing in the visitor`s book later, said it was a "very special experience" for her to "sail, dive and spend time" with the sailors and officers onboard the submarine.</p>

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The President is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces. Murmu, writing in the visitor`s book later, said it was a "very special experience" for her to "sail, dive and spend time" with the sailors and officers onboard the submarine.

<p>"The multiple successful firings and challenging operations carried out by INS Vaghsheer demonstrate the crew`s exceptional preparedness and dedication, in accordance with its motto `Veerta Varchasva Vijaya`," she wrote.</p>

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"The multiple successful firings and challenging operations carried out by INS Vaghsheer demonstrate the crew`s exceptional preparedness and dedication, in accordance with its motto `Veerta Varchasva Vijaya`," she wrote.

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