Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement during Navy Day celebrations at Sindhudurg on December 4, the Navy unveiled the new design of Admirals’ epaulettes, with the octagon in the new design, drawn from the naval ensign and inspired from rajmudra of Chhatrapati Shivaji in what it said is the “true reflection of our rich maritime heritage” and reiterates the “resolve to do away with Ghulami ki Maansikta.”