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Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Indian aviation enthusiast
Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade(pronunciationⓘ) was an Indian instructor with an interest in Sanskrit and aviation. He lived in Mumbai, and is claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895. Contemporary accounts of a successful flight do not exist, and no reliable historical records document its existence.[1][2][3]Pseudo-historical narratives about Talpade proliferated in India in the early 2000s among adherents of the Hindu-nationalistright-wing. These included the false claim that Talpade had "invented the modern aircraft".[4][2][1][3]
Talpade's aircraft
Talpade is claimed to have constructed an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft, named Marutsakhā ("friend of the air"), and flown it above Bombay's Chowpatty Beach in 1895.[1][2] Contemporary accounts of a successful flight do not exist, and no reliable historical records document its existence.[1][2][3]
Talpade's aircraft was reputed to have flown to a height of 1,500 feet (460 m). Pratap Velkar, a local architect who has researched Talpade's life and written a book about him, denies this, stating that it ros
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Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Overview
Occupation
Shivkar Talpade was a technical instructor in the art and craft department of Sir JJ School of Art, who claimed to have made the first aircraft in 1895.
History[]
Shivkar Talpade's tale remained in obscurity until the 2015 biographical film Hawaizaada brought attention to him.
Potrayals[]
Film[]
2010s[]
- Main:Ayushmann Khurrana
Loosely based on Shivkar's life, the film explores a fictional love story between him and a dancer named Sitara, and him assisting Pt. Subbaraya Shastri in the creation of the flying machine.
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