THE FIRST PILOT!!!

Today, I want to share one of my most favorite topic, the topic is – Technology. Every time I hear from people, that “XYZ” technology was, discovered in some nation, cell phones were, invented from some specified nation, super computers were, given by that nation; this was, given by that nation, etc., etc. Every time the people gave me one thought, the thought was – India never given anything to the world and human race. They gave me one feeling that we are the poorest and we never achieved anything in the race of human evolution. There are many example and you know, those example are never presented in front of the Indians. Our achievements in the human race are extremely big, there are many examples but today I will talk about air travel technology, which is, done with the help of one instrument – called as, Airplane. We know from history books – Wright bros. (1903) were the first people, who invented airplane but do you know it was one Indian who, invented airplane 8 years ago before Wright bros. The Indian was –Shivkar Bapuji Talapade.

He was born in 1864 in Mumbai and he constructed and flown first unmanned airplane, the first controlled, mechanized, powered and lighter airplane. He named it as Marutsakha; he had good knowledge about Vedas and Sanskrit literature, and he invented that plane with the help of “Vimanashastra” – a literature written by Pandit Subbarya Shashtri. His guide was, equally credited for this invention.

This machine was, based on Vimana, ancient flying machines from Vedas. This Marutsakha took off, to a height of 1500 feet and then came down without any damage. The plane was, controlled by remote and its flight was, witnessed by Mahadev Govind Ranadey and H. H. Sayaji Rao Gaekwad. The re-construction of Marutsakha was, shown at an exhibition on aviation at Ville Parley, and HAL has saved the documents related to the experiment.

Much people do not know the contribution of Shivkar Bapuji. Everyone knows about Wright Bros. but nobody knows that it was he, who invented airplane before them. This article is not about to disgrace Wright Bros. but it is about telling the real story and contribution. Our ancient literature is full of good knowledge, and astonishing inventions. I will talk about other inventions as well in the future, which were, performed by Indians.

Indian ancient technology was, advanced – but Indians scientists never believed in patenting their work, the knowledge was free and we never charged any money. I hope that in future people will never look at Indians in disgraced manner.