November 4: The affiliation between the Indian Army's Punjab regiment and the Indian naval warship INS Ranjit was formalised at a ceremony held onboard the ship at the naval dockyard on Tuesday. The ship has become the seventh naval warship to be so associated with the army in the last 14 years.Lt General G S Brar, Colonel of the 236-year-old Punjab Regiment, was the chief guest on the occasion. He was received on board by Rear Admiral Y Prasad, commander of the Western Naval Fleet and Captain Rajiv Dhamdhere, the commanding officer of the ship.

Lt General Brar inspected a guard of honour after which there was an exchange of crests between the Punjab regiment and INS Ranjit following the unveiling of a plaque incorporating the two crests.

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