Google Doodle honours India’s first woman pilot Sarla Thukral

Google honoured India’s first woman pilot Sarla Thukral on her 107th birthday with a dedicated Google Doodle.

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Sarla Thakral (1914 – 15 March 2008) was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft.

Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the young age of 21 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo.

Thukral was a student of the Lahore Flying Club. She was the first Indian women to complete 1,000 hours of flight time to gain her A licence.

When she began preparations to become a commercial pilot, World War II put a stop.

Thukral then studied fine art and painting at Lahore’s Mayo School of Arts (now the National College of Arts). She later returned to Delhi where she continued painting and built a successful career designing jewellery and clothing.