New Delhi: Google Dedicated my homepage to Sarla by making a doodle ThukralThe first woman in India to pilot an aircraft on the occasion of her 107th birth anniversary. The doodle was featured by guest star Vrinda Zaverick
Sarla Thukral was born on this day in 1914 in Delhi and later moved to Lahore in present-day Pakistan.
Inspired by her husband, who was an airmail pilot from a family of fliers, Sarla Started training to follow in his footsteps. At the age of 21, dressed in a traditional sari, she stepped into the cockpit of a small two-winged aircraft for her first solo flight. Thukral created history in the process by lifting the craft into the sky.
According to the Google Blog, as a student Lahore Flying ClubThukral completed 1,000 hours of flying time to earn her A license, a first for Indian women. He then began preparing to become a commercial pilot, but the outbreak of World War II put a halt to civil aviation training.
However, this did not stop Thukral. Thukral studied fine arts and painting at the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore (now National College of ArtsShe later returned to Delhi where she continued painting and made a successful career designing jewelry and clothing.
Thukral’s achievements have paved the way for generations of Indian women to turn their flying dreams into reality.
Source: https://www.google.com/doodles
Sarla Thukral was born on this day in 1914 in Delhi and later moved to Lahore in present-day Pakistan.
Inspired by her husband, who was an airmail pilot from a family of fliers, Sarla Started training to follow in his footsteps. At the age of 21, dressed in a traditional sari, she stepped into the cockpit of a small two-winged aircraft for her first solo flight. Thukral created history in the process by lifting the craft into the sky.
According to the Google Blog, as a student Lahore Flying ClubThukral completed 1,000 hours of flying time to earn her A license, a first for Indian women. He then began preparing to become a commercial pilot, but the outbreak of World War II put a halt to civil aviation training.
However, this did not stop Thukral. Thukral studied fine arts and painting at the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore (now National College of ArtsShe later returned to Delhi where she continued painting and made a successful career designing jewelry and clothing.
Thukral’s achievements have paved the way for generations of Indian women to turn their flying dreams into reality.
Source: https://www.google.com/doodles
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