"SHIVKAR BAPUJI TALPADE" The First Inventor Of AirPlane NAMED "MARUTASKHA" which mean "Marut-Air or Stream of Air, Sakha Friend"
Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864–1916) was an Indian, a Maharashtrian member of the Pathare Prabhu community who constructed and flew India's first unmanned airplane in the year 1895 to a height of 1500 feet. It was also 8 years before the Wright brother's Wright Flyer, the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. Talpade's airplane was named Marutsakhā, a term used for the goddess Sarasvati in the Rigveda (RV 7.96.2) -- a portmanteau of Marut meaning stream of air and Sakha meaning friend. Talpade lived in Mumbai and was a scholar in Sanskrit literature and Vedas.
But this success of an Indian scientist was not liked by the Imperial rulers. Warned by the British Government the Maharaja of Baroda stopped helping Talpade. It is said that the remains of the Marutsakthi were sold to ‘foreign parties’ by the relatives of Talpade in order to salvage whatever they can out of their loans to him. Talpade’s wife died at this critical juncture and he was not in a mental frame to continue with his researches. But his efforts to make known the greatness of Vedic Shastras was recognised by Indian scholars, who gave him the title of Vidya Prakash Pra-deep.
Talpade passed away in 1916 un-honoured, in his own country.
As the world rightly honours the Wright Brothers for their achievements, we should think of Talpade, who utilised the ancient knowledge of Sanskrit texts, to fly an aircraft, eight years before his foreign counterparts.
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Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864–1916) was an Indian, a Maharashtrian member of the Pathare Prabhu community who constructed and flew India's first unmanned airplane in the year 1895 to a height of 1500 feet. It was also 8 years before the Wright brother's Wright Flyer, the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. Talpade's airplane was named Marutsakhā, a term used for the goddess Sarasvati in the Rigveda (RV 7.96.2) -- a portmanteau of Marut meaning stream of air and Sakha meaning friend. Talpade lived in Mumbai and was a scholar in Sanskrit literature and Vedas.
But this success of an Indian scientist was not liked by the Imperial rulers. Warned by the British Government the Maharaja of Baroda stopped helping Talpade. It is said that the remains of the Marutsakthi were sold to ‘foreign parties’ by the relatives of Talpade in order to salvage whatever they can out of their loans to him. Talpade’s wife died at this critical juncture and he was not in a mental frame to continue with his researches. But his efforts to make known the greatness of Vedic Shastras was recognised by Indian scholars, who gave him the title of Vidya Prakash Pra-deep.
Talpade passed away in 1916 un-honoured, in his own country.
As the world rightly honours the Wright Brothers for their achievements, we should think of Talpade, who utilised the ancient knowledge of Sanskrit texts, to fly an aircraft, eight years before his foreign counterparts.
For More Information Check Out :
http://cpdarshi.wordpress.com/…/sri-shivakar-bapuji-talpad…/
http://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.in/…/1895-talpades-flight-o…
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