Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan-Rane jumps in saree to set new record, Watch video | Oneindia News
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Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan-Rane made a new record when she jumped wearing a saree in Thailand. She took the jump twice from an aircraft at heights of around 13,000 above the world-famous tourist resort of Pattaya. The Padma Shri laureate and mother of two shot to fame in 2004 when she made her maiden jump- without practice dives on the North Pole from a Russian MI-8 helicopter hovering at a height of 2,400 feet in minus 37 degree temperatures, making her the first woman in the world to accomplish the feat. Watch this video to know more about the news.