Bengaluru, August 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated the country on the historic moment of Chandrayaan-3's landing on the moon. Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: PM Narendra Modi Elated as ISRO Scripts History by Successfully Landing Spacecraft on Moon, Calls Historic Moment 'Dawn of New India' (Watch Videos).

This sounds the bugle for a developed India, said the prime minister, who joined through video conference the scientists at ISRO to witness the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3. India Scripts History as Chandrayaan 3 Lands Successfully on Moon, Becomes First Country To Make Soft-Landing on Moon's South Pole (Watch Video).

PM Narendra Modi on Successful Landing of Chandrayaan 3

"We are witness to the new flight of new India. New history has been written," he said. Modi, who is on an official visit to South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit, joined the scientists gathered at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) near here.

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