When Sarla Thakral became the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft, she already had a four-year-old daughter! We have been trying to dig into our history timelines and come out with names of India's female unsung heroes so that you know why we say they Bollywood needs to make a biopic on them. And taking the series forward, we chose Sarla Thakral, the one lady who pioneered a career in aviation. She was not just the first woman to fly solo, but her story of success is as inspiring as anyone's today. Just that people barely know about her! Read on to know more about this super-woman.

Her life took an ugly turn at the age of 24, after which she gave up on all her dreams.

During her training in Jodhpur in 1939, her husband died in a crash. She was widowed at 24. That's when she abandoned her plans to become a commercial pilot.

She returned to Lahore to join the Mayo School of Arts and got a diploma in fine arts.

But after the partition, she moved to Delhi with her two daughters.