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#ForgottenHeroes

Before JRD Tata, there was a legendary aviator and his name was Sri Rama Venkata Subba Setty.

Know more about Bharat’s Modern Day Aviator forgotten by Left’s Distronics.

S.V. Setty, was born on Dec 28, 1879 into a family of meagre resources. After his early
education in Mysore, he graduated from Madras University.

Later, at Thomson College of Eng, Roorkee, he distinguished himself taking first place. He joined Mysore State service in 1906 as Assistant Engineer. In 1909, he won a scholarship for an electrical engineering diploma
from Faraday House, England, where he later gained practical experience through stints in engineering companies.
Setty was determined not to return to India without learning aeronautics. However, he was financially insecure since the Mysore government refused to extend his
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