INS Khukri (P49) is the lead vessel of her class of corvettes, currently in service with the Indian Navy. The ship is named after INS Khukri, the only Indian Navy ship ever lost in combat. The previous INS Khukri (1958) was sunk by a torpedo strike by PNS Hangor during the 1971 Indian Pakistan war. The ship's Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla who went down with the ship standing on the deck, was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously.