INS VIKRAMADITYA

About:

• What is it? INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier.
  
  
• Name: She has been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya, a legendary emperor of Ujjain, India.
  
  
• History:
  • Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy (as Admiral Gorshkov) before being decommissioned in 1996. 
    
    
  • The carrier was purchased by India in 2004.
    
    
  • It entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013 and was formally dedicated it to the nation in 2014 by Prime Minister of India.