Aviation came to India by fits and starts mostly dictated by the British Empire's strategic interests and commercial objectives and within India by English business community who were attracted by the speed of this new form of transport.
It was in early thirties of the 20th century when flying clubs were started in major cities to attract young people to learn to fly.
The narrative takes the reader through the first steps when the Directorate of Civil Aviation was set up in 1927 and Ind.
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