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India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant sold for Rs 60 crore

Mumbai: The decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, INS Vikrant, which played an important role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has been sold for Rs 60 crore. The auction process of INS Vikrant was

PTI Updated on: April 10, 2014 7:05 IST
In January 2014, during the hearing of a public interest litigation which opposed the plan to scrap the ship, the Union Ministry of Defence told the Bombay High Court that it had completed its operational life.

While the Maharashtra government stated that to preserve it as a museum would not be viable financially.

The High Court subsequently dismissed the PIL.

The Majestic-class aircraft carrier, purchased from Britain in 1957, played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade of East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
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