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Navika Sagar Parikrama

Aug. 13, 2018

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library felicitated the all-women team which circumnavigated the globe early this year in the INSV Tarini sailing vessel.

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  • The crew of the Indian Navy Sailing Vessel 'Tarini' was a part of the Indian Navy’s project 'Navika Sagar Parikrama', an all-women team circumnavigating the globe.

  • The Six-member all-women team was led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi.

  • This was the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.

  • The crew used an indigenously built INSV Tarini, a 55-foot sailing vessel.

  • Earlier this year, the President of India, conferred the Navika Sagar Parikrama team with the Nari Shakti Puraskar.

Source : The Hindu

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