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Williams's paternal family is from Jhulasan in the Mehsana district [9] whereas her maternal family is of Slovene descent. [10] Williams has taken the Slovenian flag, [11] a samosa and Carniolan sausage to space in celebration of her Indian and Slovenian heritage. [12] Her nicknames are Suni in the United States [8] and Sončka in Slovenia. [13]
They will now return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX. In Jhulasan, locals hold daily prayers for Williams' safe return, keeping an oil lamp burning as a symbol of their hopes. For her 59th ...
Expedition 72. Picture of the International Space Station where the Expedition 72 will take place. Expedition 72 is the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 and is led by Sunita Williams, her second time serving as commander of the ISS.
Ahmadiyya by country. Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious movement originating in 1889 in northern India around the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times. As of 2016 the Community has been established in ...
Islam. The Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place between the 13th and the 18th centuries. Earlier Muslim conquests in the subcontinent include the invasions which started in the northwestern subcontinent (modern-day Pakistan), especially the Umayyad campaigns during the 8th century.
Sunita Williams. Sunita Williams, an American astronaut who holds the record for longest single space flight by a woman carried a copy of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads with her to space, said "Those are spiritual things to reflect upon yourself,life, world around you and see things other way, I thought it was quite appropriate" while talking ...
Islam in India. Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent is conventionally said to have started in 712, after the conquest of Sindh and Multan by the Umayyad Caliphate under the military command of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [1] It began in the Indian subcontinent in the course of a gradual conquest.
In December 2006, American astronaut Sunita Williams took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the International Space Station. In July 2012, she took there an Om symbol and a copy of the Upanishads. [26] On 27 February 2021, SDSAT a 3U cubesat launched aboard PSLV-C51 carried a digital copy of Bhagavad Gita into space in an SD card. [27]