Sarla Thukral is the first Indian woman to fly a plane. She won the honor of Google on August 8, the day of his 107th birthday, and demonstrated this extraordinary achievement with a unique doodle. The graffiti was drawn by artist Vrinda Zaveri. Thukral has left such a lasting legacy for women in aviation that Google decided to release this graffiti this year on its 107th birthday, "the company said in explaining the art of graffiti today. 

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Sarla Thukral was born in British India, Delhi. On the 8th August 1914, he moved to Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. Inspired by her husband, who is an airmail pilot with a family of pilots, she began to receive training to follow in his footsteps. 

"At the age of 21, she wore a traditional saree and boarded the cockpit of a small biplane and started her first solo flight," Google explained while showing the graffiti. "By raising the ship to the sky, he made history in the process." 

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Thukral, described as "groundbreaking", did not stop at his first achievement. As a student of the Lahore Flying Club, she completed 1,000 hours of flying and obtained an A-level license, which was the first time for an Indian woman. 

Later that year, Tuklar began preparing to become a commercial pilot. However, the outbreak of World War II halted civil aviation training. Consequently, he studied fine arts and painting at the Mayo School of Art (now known as the National Academy of Art) in Lahore.

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Later that Years , Sarla Thukral returned to her hometown of Delhi, where she continued her painting and continued to be successful in designing jewelry and clothing. 

In the decades that followed, Tuklar's rapid accomplishments "paved the way for generations of Indian women to turn their dreams of flying into reality," Google said in detailing today's graffiti.

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