UP's Sania Mirza: Village girl to become first Muslim fighter pilot of India
Mirzapur: A young lady in a village here has reached high, from being the daughter of a TV mechanic to be selected to become the first Muslim girl Indian Air Force pilot.
She will also be the first IAF pilot from Uttar Pradesh.
Sania Mirza, a resident of Jasovar village near the Dehat Kotwali in Mirzapur, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Air Force after she passed the National Defence Academy (NDA) examination. She will join the NDA in Khadakwasla, Pune, on December 27, reports NDTV.
Her achievement thus far has brought to not just her district and state but also the entire nation.
Sania's father Shahid Ali said that Sania considers Avni Chaturvedi, the country's first fighter pilot as her role model. “She always wanted to be like Avni Chaturvedi. Sania is the second girl in the country to be selected as a fighter pilot,” he said.
Her mother Tabassum Mirza said, “Our daughter has made us and the entire village proud. By fulfilling her dream of becoming the first fighter pilot, Sania also inspired girls in the village to follow their dreams.”
Sania studied at the Pandit Chintamani Dubey Inter College in her village, till Class 10, before going to Guru Nanak Girls' Inter College in the city, where she was the district topper in the 12th UP Board.
She started preparing to achieve her goal at the Centurion Defense Academy.
Having studied in a Hindi medium school, Sania said that success can be achieved with determination, regardless of the medium of education.
She expresses gratitude to and credits the Academy as well as her parents for her success.
She said that since only two seats were reserved for women as fighter pilots at the NDA 2022, she could not get a seat in her first attempt. “But I have found a place in my second try,” she added.
There were 400 seats in both male and female categories at the NDA 2022 examination, but only 19 seats were for women, two for fighter pilots. Sania got a place in the Academy on the strength of her talent.
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Three killed, three injured as car crashes into bridge in UP’s Balrampur
Balrampur (UP) (PTI): Three people died and as many were injured after their car crashed into a bridge on the Balrampur-Badhni national highway here early Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred near Purushottam village on the Tulsipur-Pachpedwa stretch when the car, carrying six people, crashed into the bridge, they said.
According to police, Adil (21) and Afroz (20), residents of Pachpedwa, died on the spot.
The injured, including Hashmi (21), were rushed to the district hospital, where Hashmi died.
The victims had gone to attend the Devi Patan Mela in Tulsipur on Saturday night and were returning home when the accident took place, the police added.
Tulsipur Circle Officer Jitendra Kumar said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further legal proceedings are underway.
Meanwhile, local SP MLA Rakesh Yadav visited the bereaved families and assured all possible assistance. He also demanded Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for each of the deceased, stating that all the victims belonged to economically weaker families.
