Episode 1199
Gunjan Saxena
Fri, 2020-Aug-14 01:42 UTC
Length - 2:20
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With 228,791 views on Thursday, 13 August 2020 our article of the day is Gunjan Saxena.
Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena (born 1975) is an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer and former helicopter pilot. She joined the IAF in 1994, is a 1999 Kargil War veteran and the first woman Shaurya Chakra awardee. She joined the Indian Air Force after attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Hansraj College, Delhi University. She is the only woman to be part of the Kargil War, making her the first woman IAF officer to go to war. She is the first of two women along with Flight Lieutenant Srividya Rajan from the IAF to enter a war zone flying Cheetah helicopters. One of her main roles during the Kargil War was to evacuate the wounded from Kargil, transport supplies and assist in surveillance. She would go on to be part of operations to evacuate over 900 troops, both injured and deceased, from Kargil. In 2004, after serving as a pilot for seven years, her career as a helicopter pilot ended; the concept of permanent commission for women was not there during her time. The 2020 Bollywood movie Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is inspired by her life.
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