India witnessed a moment like this on Saturday when Axiom-4 pilot Shubhanshu Shukla spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the International Space Station and claimed that 'India looks great from space'.
41 years ago, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut to go to space, had said 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara' when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked him how India looks from space.
Sharma was part of the Soviet Union's Soyuz T-11 mission, which was launched on April 2, 1984. The astronaut spoke to Indira Gandhi from space during a joint televised news conference, which also included officials from Moscow.
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