Biography of Gunjan Saxena.

Gunjan Saxena (The Kargil Girl)

First women air force pilot who fought into the war zone.

Birth Life

The Kargil girl Gunjan Saxena was born in 1975 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Her father Lt Col Ashok Kumar Saxena was the retired Army officer. In fact, both brothers were also part of the army.

Her Journey

When she was only five years old she decided to serve as an army officer in the Indian Army. She completed her graduation from the Hansraj college of Delhi University from Bachelors in Physics Hons. His father was very supportive. He always inspired her in every walk of her life.

The Kargil Girl

She joined Delhi Flying Club. She selected in Air Force among 25 girls who were also selected. To complete the mission successfully Indian Force called to the Gunjan Saxena. She was among the first batch who was trained for the Kargil war.

She was ordered to take back the army officers who were wounded and took care of the supplies. At that time only two girls pilots were selected. The first one is flight lieutenant Gunjan Saxena and the other one is flight lieutenant Srividya Rajan. They had no previous experience of flying jets. They both scripted the history by her bravery.

She flew a cheetah helicopter. This was very kind of simple helicopter. Pakistan had very advanced technology as compared to India at that time. When Gunjan flew cheetah helicopter she narrowly avoided by the stinger missile.

When she was interviewed by the media she told that the most important thing for her was to save army man, not her life. She was very determined. Due to her determination and will power she was honoured by "Saurya  Chakra".

She was retired in 2004.

Her Biggest Achievement

Due to her inspiring story a movie made on her based on the struggles and achievements of her life.

A famous dialogue of her movie is Gunjan Saxena, Lucknow ki Ek chhoti si ladki, jiska Ek bohot Bida Sapna the Badi hoke pilot banned ka Sapna. Lekin jo Duniya ye such this ladkiyan guardian Nahi Chala pati, kya wo Gunjan ko plane update deti? Us deewani ko pariah nhi this. Bas apne papa par bharosa the, jo kehte plane ladka update ya ladki, use pilot hi kehte hain.

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