1914 - 2008
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 411,808 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sarla Thakral is the 47th most popular pilot (up from 1,389th in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from India (up from 608th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Pilot.
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Among pilots, Sarla Thakral ranks 47 out of 48. Before her are Gotthard Handrick, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Anna Yegorova, Steponas Darius, Natalya Meklin, and Nikolai Kamanin. After her are Lotfia Elnadi, Jacqueline Cochran, Stasys Girėnas, Maryse Bastié, Wally Funk, and Hélène Boucher.
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 41
1904 - 1985
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 42
1916 - 2009
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 43
1896 - 1933
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 44
1922 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 45
1908 - 1982
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 46
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 47
1907 - 2002
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 48
1906 - 1980
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 49
1893 - 1933
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 50
1898 - 1952
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 51
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 52
1908 - 1934
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 53
Among people born in 1914, Sarla Thakral ranks 236. Before her are Fumio Hayasaka, Vincent J. McMahon, Wilhelm Hahnemann, William Gibson, Giuseppe Caprio, and Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.. After her are Jyoti Basu, Hermínio de Brito, Johannes Virolainen, Ehrenfried Patzel, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Adolf Urban. Among people deceased in 2008, Sarla Thakral ranks 207. Before her are Levy Mwanawasa, Norman Smith, William Gibson, Ricardo Infante, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Rina Zaripova. After her are Neil Aspinall, Patrick Hillery, Tom Lantos, Ollie Johnston, Mustafa Khalil, and Gary Gygax.
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 230
1914 - 1984
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 231
1914 - 1991
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 232
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 233
1914 - 2005
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 234
1914 - 1997
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 235
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 236
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 237
1914 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 238
1914 - 2000
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 239
1914 - 2004
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 240
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 241
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 242
1948 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 201
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 202
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 203
1924 - 2008
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 204
1926 - 2008
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 205
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 206
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 207
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 208
1923 - 2008
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 209
1928 - 2008
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 210
1912 - 2008
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 211
1920 - 2008
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 212
1938 - 2008
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 213
Among people born in India, Sarla Thakral ranks 498 out of 1,493. Before her are Hrithik Roshan (1974), Bachendri Pal (1954), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Rajkumar (1929), and Ramananda (1400). After her are John Frost (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), Christian Zacharias (1950), Charles Gmelin (1872), Madhuri Dixit (1967), and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923).
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 492
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 493
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 494
1577 - 1656
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 495
1929 - 2006
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 496
1400 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 497
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 498
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 499
1934 - 2009
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 500
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 501
1872 - 1950
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 502
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 503
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 504
Among pilots born in India, Sarla Thakral ranks 1.