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Detailed explanation-1: -The INS Himgiri was launched in the Hooghly River of Kolkata. Ans : The Warships and Frigates, which are being constructed or constructed under Project 17A, are managed by two shipbuilding companies, The Garden Reach ShipBuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL).

Detailed explanation-2: -25, 700 Crores. The second ship of P17A class ‘Udaygiri’ was launched on 17 May 2022 and is expected to start sea trials during the second half of 2024.

Detailed explanation-3: -Four P17A Project ships - two each at MDL and GRSE - have been launched so far between 2019 and 2022, the statement read. These four were ‘Nilgiri’, ‘Himgiri’, ‘Udaygiri’ and ‘Dunagiri’. Taragiri is the fifth and the sixth frigate is ‘Vindhyagiri’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taragiri is the third stealth frigate built as part of Project 17A under which a series of such guided-missile frigates are being constructed for the Navy. The event was held without celebrations due to the “national mourning” announced by the central government in the wake of Queen Elizabeth’s death.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aim is to make India an indigenous ship building hub: RM. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 18, 2022.