New Delhi: Google has dedicated the veranda with Doodle to Sarla Thukral, the first woman of India to drive an airplane, on the opportunity for his 107th birthday.
Doodle illustrated by Guest Artist Vrinda Zaveri Sarla Thukral was born in Delhi today in 1914 and then moved to Lahore on today Pakistan.
Inspired by her husband who was Airmail pilot from a family of leaflets, Sarla began to practice to follow in their footsteps.
At the age of 21, dressed in traditional sari, he stepped into a small double winged cockpit for his first solo flight.
Lifting craft to the sky, Thukral made history in the process.
According to Google Blog, as Lahore Flying Club students, Thukral completed 1,000 hour flight time to get a license, the other first for Indian women.
He then began preparation to become a commercial pilot, but the outbreak of World War II stopped civil flight training.
However, it did not stop Thukral.
Thank Learning Fine Arts and paintings in Lahore’s Mayo School of Arts (now the National College of Arts).
He then returned to Delhi where he continued to paint and build jewelry jewelry and successful clothes.
Thukral’s achievements have paved the way for the generation of Indian women to turn their dreams to come true.
Source: https://www.google.com/doodles.
Google celebrates Indian first female pilots with Doodle
