Rakesh Sharma  

Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 on April 2, 1984, marking a significant milestone as the first Indian citizen to venture into space.

In an interview, Shah Rukh once revealed that he did not want to act due to the failure of Zero at the box office.

Read these interesting facts about Rakesh Sharma’s famous interaction with then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during his space mission.

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Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut in space informed the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that India was “Sare Jahan Se Achcha” when she asked him, “How does India look from space?”

 

On April 1984, wing commander Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soyuz T-11 Rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome to become the first Indian in space. The voyage lasted 7 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes. When Sharma and team landed on earth, he had already become a hero and inspiration to thousands of Indians. Among his innumerable fans was a class 3 dropout in Ahmedabad, Kishan Singh Chauhan, a humble paanwaala, who wrote to Sharma congratulating him on the historic feat. Lest did Chauhan know that this gesture would begin a unique and wonderful friendship between two people who had never met. Let’s find out more about this tale of true friendship in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

Rakesh Sharma, BJP Mandal Secretary from Hapur was shot dead by car-bound assailants. BJP leaders demand enquiry and arrest of the accused

Salman Khan suggested Shah Rukh Khan’s name for Zero and Aamir Khan told SRK he should do the Rakesh Sharma biopic.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will start working on astronaut Rakesh Sharma's biopic early next year, producer Ronnie Screwvala said.