SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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who was the first Indian to fly in an Aircraft and when did he/she fly it?
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Sirisha Bandla, 1857
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Tanya Bhatiya, 1903
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Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, 1895
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Tantia Pope, 1897
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Shivkar Talpade was the first man to fly a plane in India, over Chowpatty in 1895, 8 years before the Wright brothers !
Detailed explanation-2: -Move over Wright brothers–it was Shivkar Bapuji Talpade who first flew a flying machine over Chowpatty in 1895, eight years before the American siblings, according to the abstract of a paper to be presented at the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai on January 4.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1903, Americans Orville and Wilbur Wright completed the world’s first successful controlled powered flight at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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