On Independence Day, PM Modi praises women officers of Indian Navy
Saluting the women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech said: Our daughters have crossed all seven seas and have coloured the world in tricolour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised a group of six women officers of the Navy for circumnavigating the globe, saying that the nation’s daughters have crossed the seven seas and painted the world in tricolour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his Independence Day speech on Wednesday. (ANI Photo.Twitter)
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“We are proudly celebrating Independence Day today as six women officers of the Indian Navy, circumnavigated the globe recently on the INSV Tarini,” Modi said in his speech after unfurling the national flag at the Red Fort here.
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Saluting the women, Modi said: “Our daughters have crossed all seven seas and have coloured the world in tricolour.”
Lieutenant Commanders Vartika Joshi, who led the team, and Prathibha Jamwal, and Lieutenants Swathi Patarpalli, Aishwarya Boddapati, Vijaya Devi and Payal Gupta spent over eight months at sea, sailing around the world in six legs on the Indian Naval Sailing Vehicle (INSV) Tarini.
The crew spent 194 days at sea and nearly eight months away from home port.
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It was the maiden attempt by an all women naval officers. They covered a distance of nearly 22,300 nautical miles (41,255 km).
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It was the maiden attempt by an all women naval officers. They covered a distance of nearly 22,300 nautical miles (41,255 km).
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The Prime Minister also hailed the tribal children for unfurling the national flag on Mount Everest.
“I would salute the children of tribals who unfurled the national flag on Mount Everest and made India proud,” he added.
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