PILOT

Sarla Thakral

1914 - 2008

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Sarla Thukral (8 August 1914 – 15 March 2008) was among the first Indian women to fly aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarla Thakral has received more than 412,928 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sarla Thakral is the 31st most popular pilot (up from 47th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from United Arab Emirates (up from 494th in 2019) and the most popular Emirati Pilot.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Sarla Thakral ranks 31 out of 71Before her are Amy Johnson, Amet-khan Sultan, Igor Volk, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Charles Nungesser. After her are Olga Sanfirova, Pyotr Nesterov, Polina Osipenko, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Jean Mermoz, and Helmut Wick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Sarla Thakral ranks 163Before her are Taizo Kawamoto, Andrzej Panufnik, Gretel Bergmann, Max Wünsche, Viola Desmond, and Adolf Diekmann. After her are Norman McLaren, Arno Schmidt, Zivia Lubetkin, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Max Manus, and Ehmetjan Qasim. Among people deceased in 2008, Sarla Thakral ranks 140Before her are Baba Amte, Ken Naganuma, Mikel Laboa, David Foster Wallace, Edna Parker, and Bernie Mac. After her are Philipp von Boeselager, Nina Foch, Emmanuel Sanon, Alfonso López Trujillo, Guillaume Depardieu, and León Febres Cordero.

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In United Arab Emirates

Among people born in United Arab Emirates, Sarla Thakral ranks 10 out of 49Before her are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943), Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1961), Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912), Ahmad ibn Mājid (1432), Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939), and Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra (632). After her are Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931), Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1970), Khaldoon Al Mubarak (1975), Adnan Al Talyani (1964), Mohammed Ben Sulayem (1961), and Ali Bujsaim (1959).

Among PILOTS In United Arab Emirates

Among pilots born in United Arab Emirates, Sarla Thakral ranks 1