President, PM greet on Navy Day
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended greetings to Indian Navy personnel, veterans and their families on Navy Day.
It is observed as an acknowledgement of the Navy’s seminal role in the country’s defence, and December 4 was chosen to celebrate the day to commemorate its valour against Pakistan during the 1971 war when it inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
INS Vikrant, frontline frigate INS Udaygiri, destroyer INS Kolkata and several other state-of-the-art naval platforms were part of an operational demonstration by the Navy off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram. It was witnessed by President Murmu. Murmu, the supreme commander of the armed forces, attended the event on the Shangumugham beach as part of the Navy Day celebrations, as the Navy showcased its maritime prowess.
