Gunjan saxena: True Story – India’s First Woman

Gunjan Saxena True Story – India’s First Woman Warrior of Kargil War Wings Against the Wind In 1999, while the Kargil War raged across the Himalayan heights, a young Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena defied odds—not just against Pakistan, but against the gravity of military patriarchy. Gunjan Saxena was pursuing an undergraduate course at Hansraj College when she came across the golden opportunity of joining the very first batch of female IAF trainee pilots. A second generation defence officer, she was not out of sync with the challenges and opportunities that came with this life. Gunjan Saxena : The Kargil Girl: Directed by Grswkk, Sharan Sharma. With Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Manav Vij. Inspired by the life of a fearless young officer who made history by becoming the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil War Real story of Gunjan Saxena , the first Indian woman to pilot a Cheetah Helicopter during the Kargil War in 1999 From a very young age, Gunjan Saxena wanted to join the Indian Air Force (IAF), and ...