INS Nilgiri recently joined the Eastern Naval Command:
INS Nilgiri recently joined the Eastern Naval Command and would be an integral part of the Eastern Sword-Sunrise Fleet. It is the first of the indigenously built Project 17A stealth frigates of the Indian Navy. It is designed by the Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai. The Nilgiri class is a design derivative of the indigenous Shivalik class stealth frigates (Project 17).