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{{short description|Indian aviator}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
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'''Prem Mathur''' is the first [[India]]n woman [[Commercial pilot license|commercial pilot]] and started flying for [[Deccan Airways Limited|Deccan Airways]]. She obtained her commercial pilot's licence in 1947.<ref name="Modern General Knowledge">{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ganesh|title=Modern General Knowledge|year=2010|publisher=Upkar Prakashan|isbn=9788174821805|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbnFSqKSVb0C&q=prem+mathur&pg=PA173}}</ref><ref name="One hundred years of flying high">{{cite news|last=KRISHNASWAMY|first=MURALI N.|title=One hundred years of flying high|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-youngworld/article2587819.ece?css=print|access-date=22 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=1 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="Women in the cockpit">{{cite news|last=Neelam Raaj|first=Amrita Singh|title=Women in the cockpit|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-17/special-report/27959326_1_women-pilots-commercial-pilot-woman-pilot|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130426160427/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-17/special-report/27959326_1_women-pilots-commercial-pilot-woman-pilot|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2013|access-date=22 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 Jun 2007}}</ref> In 1949, she won the [[National Air Races|National Air Race]].<ref>
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== Early life ==
Mathur was born on 17 January 1910.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idiva.com/news-womens-month/prem-mathur-indias-badass-first-female-pilot/17074806|title=Prem Mathur, India's Badass First Female Pilot, Was Licensed Back In 1947!|date=2018-03-01|website=iDiva.com|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>

== Career ==
Mathur was rejected by eight airlines before she got a job at [[Deccan Airways Limited|Deccan Airways]] in [[Hyderabad]] in 1947.<ref name=":0" /> She was offered the job at the age of 38 where she became the first Indian woman to fly a commercial plane. She received her license from the [[Allahabad]] Flying Club. She flew her first plane as a co-pilot. During her career at Deccan Airways, she flew high-profile people like [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and Lady [[Mountbatten family|Mountbatten]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://navrangindia.blogspot.com/2016/09/first-indian-woman-commercial-pilot-ms.html|title=Navrang India: First indian woman commercial pilot - Ms. Prem Mathur|website=Navrang India|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>

Mathur wanted the full command of the cockpit but was denied the same by Deccan Airways, even after fulfilment of the required flying hours by her.<ref name=":1" /> Soon after, she moved to [[Delhi]] where she became G.D. Birla's private jet pilot.<ref name=":0" /> After that she joined [[Air India|Indian Airlines]] in 1953 and worked there for the rest of her career span.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Awards ==
In 1949, Mathur won the [[National Air Races|National Air Race]].<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Mathur married Hari Krishna Mathur who hails from [[Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh and they had six children together. Mathur died at the age of 82 on 22 December 1992.<ref name=":0" />

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