PM shares his feeling of pride to be on board INS Vikrant yesterday.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed the feeling of pride that he felt yesterday when he was on board INS Vikrant. He also shared a video.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
“A historic day for India!
Words will not be able to describe the feeling of pride when I was on board INS Vikrant yesterday.”
A historic day for India!
Words will not be able to describe the feeling of pride when I was on board INS Vikrant yesterday. pic.twitter.com/vBRCl308C9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 3, 2022
INS Vikrant, the first Made-in-India aircraft carrier, constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the Indian Navy, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2 in what was described as a “historic occasion”. The aircraft carrier got its name from its predecessor, Vikrant (R11), which played a pivotal role in the 1971 war. Commissioned at a cost of ₹20,000 crores, INS Vikrant was built with state-of-the-art automation features and indigenous materials, which then makes it an “exceptional symbol of Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) India”. With INS Vikrant’s induction, India will be joining the select club of nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and France, that are capable of building their aircraft carriers. It also happens to be the largest warship ever built in the maritime history of the nation, almost as big as the size of two football fields put together, as described by the Indian Navy themselves. The warship that holds many titles and floats proudly on the Indian waters also boasts of many other firsts in the country.
