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Did an Indian man make an airplane or flying device in 1895?
I've come across a lot of Indian sources claiming that an Indian man named Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade made an airplane or flying device in 1895.
Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864 – 1916) was an Indian ...
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Was this Indian from British India the first to strike Berlin during World War I?
This article (since deleted, backup here) came to my eye recently.
The article glosses over the exploits of a citizen of British India who, purportedly, rose from utter obscurity to becoming an ace ...
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