[8] A new variant of the Prithvi-III missile, named Dhanush, was test fired from the Rajput in March 2007 and successfully hit a land-based target.

[9] She is capable of attacking land targets, as well as fulfilling anti-aircraft and anti-submarine roles as a taskforce or carrier escort.

[14][15] The keel of the ship was laid down on 11 September 1976, and it was constructed at the 61 Kommunar yard in Nikolaev, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).

It was commissioned as the INS Rajput at Poti, Georgian SSR (now Georgia) on 4 May 1980 by Inder Kumar Gujral, then the Ambassador of India to the USSR (later the Prime Minister).

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