HON’BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA REVIEWS THE INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2026 OFF VISAKHAPATNAM

• IFR 2026 was a Presidential Fleet Review hosted by the Indian Navy off Visakhapatnam on 18 Feb 2026, with participation from 74 countries — the third IFR India has hosted.
• Reviewed by the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, President Smt. Droupadi Murmu, from INS Sumedha (indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel) serving as the Presidential Yacht.
• Theme — "United Through Oceans" — projects India as a net security provider in the Indo-Pacific and operationalises the MAHASAGAR vision.
• Examinable nexus: maritime diplomacy, indigenous shipbuilding, SAGAR→MAHASAGAR doctrine, IONS chairmanship.