Watch: President Murmu undertakes submarine sortie onboard INS Vaghsheer

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday undertook a dived sortie onboard INS Vaghsheer, an indigenous Kalvari-class submarine, on the Western Seaboard, marking a rare operational engagement by the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Accompanied by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, the President embarked the submarine at Karwar Naval Harbour in Karnataka and spent over two hours interacting with the crew and witnessing operational demonstrations at sea. Notably, she is only the second President of India to take a submarine sortie, after Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.