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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did the Indian Navy has commissioned the INS Karanj?
A
Kochi
B
Chennai
C
Mumbai
D
Mormugao
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Old INS Karanj was commissioned on September 4, 1969 at Riga in the erstwhile USSR (United States of Soviet Russian) and took active part in the conflict under the Command of then commander VS Shekhawat and was decommissioned in 2003.

Detailed explanation-2: -The submarine was launched on 31 January 2018, delivered to Indian Navy on 15 February 2021, commissioned on 10 March 2021 in Mumbai in presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and Admiral (Retired) VS Shekhawat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Interestingly, the commissioning Commanding Officer of the old INS Karanj Cdr MNR Samant later on became the first Chief of The Naval Staff of the newly formed Bangladesh Navy in the year 1971.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fifth Scorpene class conventional submarine was commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Vagir in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar at Naval Dockyard Mumbai on Monday.

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