INDIAN NAVY SET TO COMMISSION ITS LATEST STEALTH FRIGATE ‘TARAGIRI’

• Taragiri (F41) is the fourth Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) indigenous advanced stealth frigate, commissioned into the Indian Navy on 03 April 2026 at Visakhapatnam by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh.
• Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai, designed by the Indian Navy's Warship Design Bureau (WDB).
• Represents the Aatmanirbhar Bharat / Make in India push in defence shipbuilding with ~75% indigenous content.
• High-yield UPSC item: defence indigenisation, naval modernisation, blue-water capability, MSME linkages.