Commodore K.P Gopal Rao, who had served as Commanding Officer of INS Circars from 1974 to 1976, cutting a cake to mark the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Commodore Saleem M. Anwer, the present Commanding Officer of INS Circars is at right. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
Post Master General Sharda Sampath and Commodore Saleem M. Anwer, Commanding Officer of INS Circars at the release of the First Day cover on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
Commodore K.P. Gopal Rao Commanding Officer of INS Circars between 1974 and 1976 and other former COs at the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam presenting colours to INS Circars during his tenure in Visakhapatnam. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
Post Master General Sharda Sampath and Commodore Saleem M. Anwer, Commanding Officer of INS Circars releasing the First Day cover on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V.Subrahmanyam
Commodore K.P Gopal Rao, Commanding Officer of INS Circars between 1974 and 1976, planting a sapling on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
Commodore K.P Gopal Rao, former Commanding Officer of INS Circars between 1974 and 1976, unveiling a plaque to mark the Platinum Jubilee of the unit in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
The former Commanding Officer of INS Circars K.P Gopal Rao with the present Commanding Officer Saleem M. Anwar at the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
INS Circars Platinum Jubilee cake to mark the completion of 75 years of inception of this unit in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V.Subrahmanyam
The former Commanding Officers of INS Circars posing for a group photograph with present CO and crew of the unit, to mark the Platinum Jubilee of INS Circars in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam