GK
INVENTIONS
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Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
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Wright Brothers
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Nikola Tesla
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All of Them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864 – 1916) was an Indian instructor in the Sir JJ School of Art with an interest in Sanskrit and in aviation. He lived in Mumbai, and is claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shivkar Talpade was the first man to fly a plane in India, over Chowpatty in 1895, 8 years before the Wright brothers!
Detailed explanation-3: -The 15th of October is a historic day for Air India and Tata group as its former chairman JRD Tata flew India’s first commercial flight from Karachi to Mumbai on this day in 1932. An ardent aviator, JRD Tata was the longest-serving chairman of the Tata group and is regarded as the father of civil aviation in India.