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SQUADRON LEADER RAKESH SHARMA

Ashoka Chakra

Award / Date of Action Ashoka Chakra , 19-05-1984
Service Indian Air Force
Service Number 12396
Rank SQUADRON LEADER
Unit/Regiments/Corps 14 SQN
Son Of Shri DN Sharma
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Patiala, Punjab
War/Operation/Battle
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Squardon Leader Rakesh Sharma and Yury Malyshev with Salyut-7 crewmember Vladimir Solovyov and Oleg Atkov Source: http://spacefacts.de/english/bio_cosm.htm

Rakesh Sharma with Russia's Yury Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov on the Soyuz T-11. Source: ISRO is on the hunt for next Rakesh Sharma; The Economic Times 07 July 2018 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-is-on-the-hunt-for-next-rakesh-s

Indian Cosmonauts Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra and Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma inside a Soyuz training module Source : http://spacefacts.de/english/bio_cosm.htm

Air commodore (Later Air Marshal) Ramachandran with Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma (Later Wing Commander). 14 Squadron “Bulls” Jaguar Source: Private Collection

In April 1984, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to go into Space as a member of a joint Soviet-Indian crew on the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft. He spent a week working at the Salyut-7 Orbital Station Source: ANI https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/photo

Photo Exhibition inaugurated on April 2024 to mark 40th Anniversary of the First Indian Cosmonaut; held at the Russian House in Chennai in partnership with Russian News Agency TASS Source: ANI https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/photo-exhibition-inaug

  1. Indian Air Force: PROFILE OF WG COMMANDER RAKESH SHARMA (Official Page) https://indianairforce.nic.in/wing-commander-rakesh-sharma/
  2. Dhanedhar, Reva. 2015. Saga of Valour: Param Vir Chakra and Ashoka Chakra Winners. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
  3. Report on “Gaganyaan Gives a Boost to India-Russia Space Partnership” Economic Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, 25 January 2020 https://indbiz.gov.in/gaganyaan-gives-a-boost-to-india-russia-space-partnership/#:~:text=On April 2, 1984, through,space, creating history for India.
  4. 1984: India’s Space Odyssey; Livemint; 15 April 2017 https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/1984-india-s-space-odyssey-111646836118138.html
  5. The Defence Review. 2011. “Portraits of Valour II: Winners of Ashoka Chakra”. New Delhi
  6. Indian Air Force: PROFILE OF WG COMMANDER RAKESH SHARMA (Official Page) https://indianairforce.nic.in/wing-commander-rakesh-sharma/
  7. Burgess, C., Vis, B. (2016). Soviet-Indian mission. In: Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc’s Early Space Program. Springer Praxis Books. Springer

1984 - Indira Gandhi speaks to Rakesh Sharma | Squadron Leader | First Indian to Space

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