Hardit Malik: World War I’s First Indian Pilot
Hardit Singh Malik rose to break barriers by becoming the first Indian to serve the British air force, proving that not all Indians studying in Britain were “potential revolutionaries.”
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Hardit Singh Malik rose to break barriers by becoming the first Indian to serve the British air force, proving that not all Indians studying in Britain were “potential revolutionaries.”
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