INDIAN INVENTED THE AIR-PLANE IN 1895

Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864-1916): An Indian instructor at the Sir JJ School of Art with a passion for flying and Sanskrit, Shivkar Bpuji Talpade. He supposedly built and piloted an unmanned heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895 while residing in Mumbai.

Ayushmann’s (Hindi Actor) character in “Hawaizaada” (Hindi Movie) is based on a 19th-century scientist and inventor Shivkar Bapuji Talpade. He is believed to have invented the airplane before Wright Brothers did.