Vice President Honours Sagar Parikrma Hero Commander Dilip Donde
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari honoured the Indian Navy Commander Dilip Donde who returned to Mumbai today after 277 days round the world solo sailing trip ‘Sagar Parikarma’ at a function in Mumbai. Captain Donde is the first Indian to achieve this feat. Speaking on the occasion the Vice President said that the achievement of Commander Donde served as a demonstration of courage, determination and skill and for we Indians it was long awaited.
The Vice President said that for any venture two things are important ‘the spirit of adventure and the innovation’. No nation in the history of world attained anything without these two things. Praising the Indian Navy he said that this exercise would not have been possible without the support of Indian Navy. The Navy is reviving a much older Sea ferry tradition of India.
Commander Donde, an NDA aluminous volunteered for project ‘Sagar Parikarma. He had been trained by legendary Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail solo round the world in 1968-69.
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