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The yacht Trishna under a striped sail, before a map of the world, with the words “First Indian Sailing Expedition Around the World 1985–1987” in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.
The Voyage of Trishna
India Post issued this ₹6.50 stamp on 10 January 1987. The first Indian Army expedition around the world sailed from Bombay on 28 September 1985 in Trishna, a fibreglass yacht of about 37 feet. The team of ten officers came from the Corps of Engineers, and four of them sailed the whole way. Their route took them to Mauritius, St. Helena, Brazil and the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal on 26 February 1986, and across the Pacific by way of Tahiti, Fiji, Auckland and Sydney.
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