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- INS Vikrant is an aircraft carrier.
- It was launched on September 22, 1945.
- It was known as Hercules.
- It was designed by the Warship Design Bureau.
- It is a significant symbol of an aspirational and self-reliant ‘New India’.
- It is the largest ship in India.
- The expenditure of this ship took about 20,000 crore rupees.
- It is said that the ship is about 262 metres long and 62 metres broad.
- One important fact to keep in mind is that, the INS Vikrant played a key role in the 1971 war with Pakistan which led to the creation of Bangladesh.
- It can accommodate up to 30 aircraft, 18 fighters, and helicopters.
