Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade a Maharashtrian, Pāṭhāre Prabhu community member was the first Indian to fly a space ship in the year 1895. [1] He stayed at Dukur Wadi, Chirrah Bazzar, Mumbai (Bombay). He was a scholar in Sanskrit literature and Vedas. [2]
First Historical Flight was at Chowpatty 1895
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, is claimed to have made Marutsakha, the first plane in the history of the modern world, using the knowledge of Rig Veda. According to P Satwelkar, one of Talpade's Student, the unmanned plane flew a few minutes and came down. Wright brothers designed their aircraft studying the movements of bird, but Shivkar Bapuji Talpade used solar energy principle with mercury to design his plane.[3]
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- ^ Pāṭhāre prabhūñcā itihāsa: nāmavanta lekhakāñcyā sas̃́odhanātmaka likhāṇāsaha : Rise of Bombay, Published 1997, Śrīvidyā Prakāśana, By Pratāpa Velakara
- ^ Asia: Asian Quarterly of Culture and Synthesis By American Asiatic Association, Published 1942, Page 40
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/890055.cms