Case file · Folklore / legend
Talpade's 'first flight' at Chowpatty
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade is said to have flown an unmanned aircraft called 'Marutsakha' over Chowpatty beach, Bombay, in 1895, eight years before the Wright brothers.
1895 CE · 18.95, 72.81 · status: claim
The sceptical view
No contemporary newspaper report has been found; the story appears in later sources and the 2015 film 'Hawaizaada'.