New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- She will be the second Head of State after late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to engage in such an exercise

President Droupadi Murmu, who is also the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, will embark submarine on sea sortie in a historic naval engagement on Sunday (Dec. 28) at Karwar Harbour.

The sortie is a part of President Murmu's four-day official tour to Goa, Karnataka and Jharkhand from Dec. 27 to Dec. 30. She will be the only second President to sail in a submarine after late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, who embarked similar sortie aboard INS Sindhurakshak in 2006.

The event will take place at the Karwar Naval Base, home to "Project Seabird", the largest naval infrastructure project in the Eastern Hemisphere. The submarine sea ...