The Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided-missile stealth destroyer, INS Kolkata, was affiliated to the Mahar regiment, one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
The Affiliation Charter was signed by Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa, AVSM, VSM, Adjutant General of the Indian Army and Colonel of the Mahar Regiment, Rear Admiral Sameer Saxena, NM, Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet in the presence of Brigadier Navneet Jaryal, Commandant, Mahar Regimental Centre, and Captain Prashant Handu, NM, Commanding Officer, Kolkata. The ceremony saw the parading of a joint guard and joint performance by the bands of the Navy and the Mahar Regiment.
