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ndia becomes first nation to have successful Mars mission in maiden attempt

India, has successfully reached Mars. Congratulations to everyone, congrats to all of you: PM @narendramodi. — PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 24, 2014



Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulates ISROs scientists for the successful insertion of #Mangalyaan into orbit of Mars! — ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2014



At ISRO wth PM Sri @narendramodi ji & all dignitaries.Congrats to all Indian community,especially the scientists fr creating ths grt history — Sadananda Gowda (@DVSBJP) September 24, 2014



I congratulate the scientists of @isro for their glorious achievement! — Chief Minister (@CMofKarnataka) September 24, 2014



#UPCM #Akhileshyadav congratulates the entire #MarsMission #Mangalyaan team for their successful triumph& nation is very proud of them. — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) September 24, 2014



We are humbled by privilege of being the Government that has piloted #Mangalyaan project: Dr. Manmohan Singh to ANI pic.twitter.com/eLbAwqZsWV — ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2014



Hearty congratulations & best wishes to ISRO Team on Mangalyaan's success; nation proud of this historic acheivement #PresidentMukherjee — President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) September 24, 2014



This marks new era for space & our country, opens a new chapter: G Madhavan Nair (Frmr ISRO Chrmn) on #Mangalyaan pic.twitter.com/tsR1mzw4D1 — ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2014



Cant tell you how exciting this is. We reached the moon now we have reached the Mars: Shashi Tharoor on #Mangalyaan pic.twitter.com/qQXGM2Uubb — ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2014

It's 5 AM in Paris right now! Could not sleep and was waiting to catch live coverage of #Mangalyaan. Will hold my head high @UNESCO today! — Ruchira Kamboj (@RuchiraKamboj) September 24, 2014

Congratulations to the #Mangalyaan team and ISRO on this extraordinary achievement: Rahul Gandhi — ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2014

India created history on Wednesday, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit on its maiden attempt.Indian Space Research Organisation's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft started orbiting the red planet at 7.47am, but it was only 12 minutes later —because of a time delay in radio signals travelling the 680 million km -- that scientists at Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore, could erupt in joy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood a happy witness.Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in congratulating Isro after the success of Mars Orbiter Mission. Congratulations for Isro has come pouring in from across the globe. Here are some of the reactions compiled from Twitter...