President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday (December 28, 2025) undertook a sortie onboard Indian Navy's frontline submarine INS Vaghsheer on the Western seaboard.
Ms. Murmu became the second President to undertake a submarine sortie. In February, 2006, APJ Abdul Kalam became the first president to experience a submarine sortie.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi accompanied President Murmu during the sortie in the Kalvari class submarine from the Karwar naval base in Karnataka, officials said.
The President is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces.
In this image posted on Dec. 28, 2025, President Droupadi Murmu with Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi during a sortie on the Navy's indigenous Kalvari class submarine INS Vaghsheer at Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka. Photo: X/@rashtrapatibhvn/via PTI
