Sarla thakral biography of barack

She Aspired for the Skies

It would be hard to exclude Sarla Thakral in any comprehensive history of India’s women’s empowermentas she did achieve the coveted distinction of being one among the first three Indian women from undivided pre-independence India to fly an aircraft (the others being Imtiaz Ali and Urmila Parikh).

As a pilot Sarla Thakral can inspire millions and millions of women to fly high.

While exploring about Sarla Thakral we can easily come to know that she was born on 8^th August 1914, in Ajmer (a historic city in the present day Rajasthan)   and got married to PD Sharma at the tender age of 16.

After marriage she moved to Lahore (now an important city in Pakistan, it was a culturally vibrant city of undivided India) to live with her husband’s family.

Making History

Her husband who was also a pilot and the first Indian to get an airmail pilot’s license, and her father-in-law encouraged her to fly.

In fact, it was her father-in-law who got Sarla enr