Indigenous stealth frigate 'Taragiri', endowed with the cutting-edge weapon suite including supersonic missiles, is set to be commissioned into the Indian Navy on April 3, the Defence Ministry said in a press release on Saturday (March 21, 2026).
The ceremony in Visakhapatnam is scheduled to be presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and it “will serve as a powerful testament to the nation’s journey toward becoming a completely self-reliant naval power”.
As the fourth potent platform of the Project 17A class, “'Taragiri' is not merely a ship; it is a 6,670-tonne embodiment of the ‘Make in India’ spirit and the sophisticated engineering capabilities of our indigenous shipyards,” the release read.
The fourth ship of Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) and the third one built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilding Ltd (MDL), 'Taragiri' (Yard 12653), was delivered to the Navy on November 28 last year at MDL, Mumbai, marking a major milestone in achieving self-reliance in warship design and construction.
This state-of-the-art frigate reflects a "quantum leap" in naval design, stealth, firepower, automation and survivability, and is a symbol of 'aatmanirbharta' in warship building, the Navy had then said.
