New Delhi: Who is Sunita Williams; Where is her origin in India; Here are the full details!
Which country does Sunita Williams belong to?
People in her hometown of Mehsana, Gujarat, are celebrating by bursting crackers and distributing sweets after Sunita Williams returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station.
Here are some interesting facts about the relationship between NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and India,
Sunita Williams’ father is of Indian origin. His name is Deepak Pandya.
His hometown is Julasan village in Mehsana district of Gujarat.
Sunita’s father, a neuroscientist, migrated to the US in 1957 and married an American, Ursuline Bonney.
Sunita Williams was born to the couple on September 19, 1965. Julasan village in Mehsana district of Gujarat has a population of 7,000. The people of this village have a lot of love and affection for Sunita Williams’ family.
The entire village is overjoyed to learn that Sunita Williams has returned to Earth safely from the space station.
The village has a small library. It is named after Sunita Williams’ grandparents.
Williams has visited her father’s native village, Jhulasan, three times after successfully completing space missions in the past. When she went once, she funded a school in her ancestral village. A photo of her grandparents still hangs in the prayer hall of that school.
This is what the villagers of Gujarat say
Sunita Williams’ cousin Dinesh Rawal said: “Today we are very happy. We prayed all night for a safe landing.”
The last nine months have not been easy for us. We were very worried. Sunita is very brave, he said. Another relative of Williams, Naveen Pandya, said: “The villagers are eager to invite Sunita to the village in the future. We prayed and lit the torch for her safe return,” he said.
