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	April 14, 2008

Tricolour hoisted at North Pole for first time The chests of 10 Indian Navy personnel swelled with pride as the tricolour, hoisted at the North Pole for the first time on April 10, fluttered in the air with the orange sun on the horizon saluting their feat. “It feels nice to be among the first Indians to stand at the roof of the world (North Pole). The temperature here is minus 35 degree Celsius,” leader of the team Commander Satyabrata Dam told reporters via satellite conference from his ...