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	Podcast:		News and Views
	Episode:		345: Ravish, the Man Who Almost Became the 1st Indian In Space
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:07:38
	Publish Date:		2018-10-25 02:59:23
	Description:		A fighter pilot and a war veteran, Air Commodore (retd.) Ravish Malhotra nearly became the first Indian in space. But fate, rather the authorities in Delhi where Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister, had other plans. Ravish Malhotra was picked as the two finalists who trained in USSR for India’s first mission to space. Listen to his story on how he trained alongside Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma and ultimately lost out on making history, to him.
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