India is now on the moon, PM Modi praises Chandrayaan 3’s soft landing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India on Wednesday after Chandrayaan 3’s Vikram lander safely landed on the Moon’s South Pole. “This is historic movement and sounds the bugle for a developed India”, Prime Minister Modi, who witnessed the historic moment virtually from Johannesburg in South Africa, said in his address to the ISRO scientists. Soon […]

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by Reena Choudhary - August 23, 2023, 6:28 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India on Wednesday after Chandrayaan 3’s Vikram lander safely landed on the Moon’s South Pole.

“This is historic movement and sounds the bugle for a developed India”, Prime Minister Modi, who witnessed the historic moment virtually from Johannesburg in South Africa, said in his address to the ISRO scientists.

Soon afterwards he took to his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter and expressed his thoughts as PM congratulated the nations. PM Modi penned, “Historic day for India’s space sector. Congratulations to @isro for the remarkable success of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission.”

“Humne dharti par sankalp kiya aur chand pe usse sakaar kiya…India is now on the Moon”, the prime minister said, while congratulating the ISRO scientists for the feat.