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50th Raising Day of the Indian Coast Guard: February 1, 2026 India’s Maritime
Samudra Pratap Pride Equipped with

Modern Facilities
‘Samudra Pratap’ is the
India’s Swadeshi Prowess in the Seas Indian Coast Guard’s first

indigenously designed vessel
The Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 50th Raising Day on to fight marine pollution.
February 1, 2026. This year’s celebration is special because Equipped with state-of-the-
the Indian Coast Guard, a reliable maritime force of India, art technology, the vessel
inducted its largest and the country’s first indigenously built features a 30 mm CRN-
pollution control vessel, ‘Samudra Pratap’. Defence Minister 91 gun and two 12.7 mm
Rajnath Singh commissioned ‘Samudra Pratap’ into the stabilized remote-controlled
Indian Coast Guard in Goa on January 5, 2026. This vessel guns with an integrated fire
is a symbol of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and demonstrates the control system.
114.5 16.5
growing strength of the Indian Coast Guard…

meters long meters wide

knots is
22+ its speed

4,200

tons is its
weight

The commissioning of the Indian Coast Guard vessel
‘Samudra Pratap’ is noteworthy for several reasons, including
strengthening our vision of self-reliance, bolstering our security
apparatus, and reflecting our commitment to sustainability.

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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