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circumnavigation was such an Prime Minister : Great, many
opportunity for us which was congratulations to you.
given to us by the Indian Navy Lieutenant Commander
and the Indian Government Dilna : Thank you, Sir.
and in this expedition we sailed Prime Minister : Does your
approximately 47500 (forty colleague also want to say
seven thousand five hundred) something?
kilometers Sir. We left from Goa Lt. Commander Rupa:
nd
on 2 October 2024 and returned Sir, I want to say that the
th
on 29 May 2025 and it took us number of people who have
238 (two hundred thirty eight) circumnavigated the world by
days to complete this expedition sailboat is much less than the
Sir and for 238 (two hundred number of people who reach
thirty eight) days we were just Mount Everest. And in fact,
the two of us on this boat Sir. the number of people who
Prime Minister : Hmm hmm circumnavigate on a sailboat
Lieutenant Commander alone is much less than the
Dilna : And Sir, we prepared number of people who have
for the expedition for three gone to space.
years. From navigation to how Prime Minister : Well, such a
to operate communication complex journey requires a lot of
emergency devices, how to do teamwork, and there you were
diving, and how to manage any the only two officers in the team.
kind of emergency on the boat, How did you manage it?
such as a medical emergency. Lt. Commander Rupa : Yes
The Indian Navy trained us on Sir, for such a journey, both of
all of this, Sir. And I want to say us had to work hard together,
the most memorable moment and as Lt. Commander Dilna
of this trip, Sir, is that we hoisted said, to achieve this, only the
the Indian flag at Point Nemo, two of us were on the boat, and
Sir. Point Nemo is the most we were boat repairers, engine
remote location in the world, mechanics, sail-makers,
Sir. The closest person to it is at medical assistants, cooks,
the International Space Station. cleaners, divers, navigators,
We became the first Indian, the and everything had to be done
first Asian, and the first person together. And the Indian Navy
in the world to reach there in a made a huge contribution to our
sailboat, Sir, and this is a matter achievement. And they gave us
of pride for us, Sir. all kinds of training. Actually, Sir,

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