This is a real shocker but I am not completely sure about it. But you will be amazed to know that an Indian made the world’s first Air Plane 8 Years before the Wright Brothers. The legendary Wright Brothers made the first air plane. Or did they? Well if certain aged articles of Times of India and Deccan Herald are to be believed, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade might be the first man to invent the plane. And that too, he did that almost a decade ahead of the Wright Brothers, who are actually credited for the invention. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, born in Maharashtra, reportedly constructed and flew an unmanned plane called MarutSakha in 1895, before it eventually crashed. It is said that he obtained the designs from his Guru and the plane allegedly had a mercury ion engine. It is also said that he couldn’t go ahead with his prototype plane due to shortage of funds. Hence, no recognition for his achievement was ever awarded to him.