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{{Infobox person
{{Short description|First Indian astronaut}}
| name        = Rakesh Sharma
{{Other people}}
| image        = [[File:Rakesh Sharma with Neha Dupia.jpg|thumb|Rakesh Sharma with actress Neha Dhupia]]
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2013}}
| image_size  = 200px
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1986|01|15|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality  = [[India]]
| occupation = Celebrity Blogger, Founder at Digital Galiyara, Sr. Editor at BollywoodGaliyara.com <ref name="Blogger">{{cite web|url=https://rakeshsharma.in/about-me/|title= Rakesh Sharma|publisher= RakeshSharma.in |accessdate=8 January 2017}}</ref> <ref name="Founder">{{cite web|url=https://bollywoodgaliyara.com/rakeshsharma//|title= Founder|publisher= Bollywood Galiyara|accessdate=8 January 2017}}</ref>
| years_active = 2014 - Present
| spouse = Nisha Sharma
| website = rakeshsharma.in


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{{Infobox astronaut
|name=Rakesh Sharma
|image=Rakesh sharma.jpg
|caption=Rakesh Sharma, as a [[Squadron Leader]] in military uniform
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|01|13|df=yes}}
|birth_place=[[Patiala]], [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]], [[Dominion of India]]<br />{{small|(now in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])}}
|nationality=[[India|Indian]]
|occupation=[[Test pilot]] at the [[Indian Air Force]]
|selection=1982|time=7{{abbr|d||days}} 21{{abbr|h|hours}} 40{{abbr|m|minutes}}
|mission=[[Soyuz T-11]] (launching)<br />[[Soyuz T-10]] (landing)|insignia=[[File:Soyuz T-11 mission patch.gif|30px]]
|awards=[[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] <br />[[File:Hero of the USSR Gold Star.png|20px]][[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
|honorific_prefix=[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]]
|honorific_suffix=[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]]
|module={{Infobox military person| embed = yes
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{air force|India}}
| rank = [[File: Wing Commander of IAF.png|20px]] [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]]
| spouse=Madhu
| children=2
}}
}}
''''Rakesh Sharma'''' (born 15 January 1986) is a part of media industry since 2014 and he is an Entertainment Journalist at BollywoodGaliyara.com and founder of DigitalGaliyara (OPC) Pvt Ltd. <ref name="Blogger"></ref><ref name="Founder"></ref>
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[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''Rakesh Sharma''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] (born 13 January 1949) is a former [[Indian Air Force]] pilot who flew aboard [[Soyuz T-11]] on 3 April 1984 as part of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Interkosmos]] programme. He is the only [[Indian nationality law|Indian citizen]] to travel in space, although there have been other [[List of space travelers by nationality#India|astronauts with an Indian background]] who were not Indian citizens.<ref name=spacefacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/sharma_rakesh.htm |title=Cosmonaut Biography: Rakesh Sharma |publisher=Spacefacts.de |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/miscellaneous/rakesh-sharma.html |title=Rakesh Sharma |publisher=Mapsofindia.com |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
 
==Early life==
Born on 13 January 1949 in [[Patiala]] of present-day [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India,<ref name="aerospace" /> Sharma attended [[St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad)|St. George's Grammar School]], [[Hyderabad]]<ref name=aerospace/> and graduated from [[Nizam College]], [[Hyderabad]]. He was admitted to the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] as an air force plebe in July 1966<ref>{{cite book |title=Tragedy and triumph in orbit : the eighties and early nineties |date=June 2012 |publisher=Springer |location=195 |isbn=978-1-4614-3430-6}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot in 1970,<ref>{{cite web |title=Service Record for Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma 12396 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/12396 |website=Bharat Rakshak |language=en-gb}}</ref> thereafter becoming the first man from India to go into space.
 
==Career==
 
An alumnus of the 35th{{Nbsp}}[[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Sharma joined the [[Indian Air Force]] as a test pilot in 1970 and progressed through numerous levels where in 1984 he was promoted to the rank of [[squadron leader]].<ref name=aerospace>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronaut/rakesh_sharma.html|website=aerospaceguide.net|title=Rakesh Sharma|access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> He was selected on 20{{Nbsp}}September 1982 to become a cosmonaut and go into space as part of a joint programme between the [[Indian Air Force]] and the Soviet [[Interkosmos]] space programme.<ref name=hin>{{cite news|url=http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-down-to-earth-rakesh-sharma/article381946.ece/|title=The down to earth Rakesh Sharma|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 April 2010|access-date =5 April 2014|first=Pankaja |last=Srinivasan}}</ref>
 
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In 1984, Sharma became the first Indian citizen to enter space when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket [[Soyuz T-11]] launched from [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] on 3 April 1984. The Soyuz T-11 spacecraft carrying cosmonauts including Sharma docked and transferred the three member Soviet-Indian international crew, consisting of the ship's commander, [[Yury Malyshev (cosmonaut)|Yury Malyshev]], and flight engineer, [[Gennadi Strekalov]], to the  [[Salyut 7]] Orbital Station. Sharma spent 7{{Nbsp}}days, 21{{Nbsp}}hours, and 40{{Nbsp}}minutes aboard the Salyut 7 during which his team conducted scientific and technical studies which included forty-three{{Nbsp}}experimental sessions. His work was mainly in the fields of bio-medicine and remote sensing.<ref name=hin/> The crew held a joint television news conference with officials in [[Moscow]] and then Indian Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. When Indira Gandhi asked Sharma how India looked from outer space, he replied, "''[[Sare Jahan se Accha|Sare Jahan Se Accha]]''" (the best in the world). This is the title of a patriotic poem by [[Allama Iqbal|Iqbal]] that had been written when India was under [[British Raj|British colonial rule]], that continues to be popular today. With Sharma's voyage aboard [[Soyuz T-11]], India became the 14th{{Nbsp}}nation to send a man to outer space.<ref name="hin"/>
 
Sharma retired as a [[Wing commander (rank)|wing commander]] and later joined [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL) in 1987, serving as the chief test pilot in the HAL Nashik Division until 1992, before moving on to [[Bangalore]] to work as HAL's chief test pilot. Sharma retired from flying in 2001.<ref name="spacefacts" />
 
===Military awards and decorations===
Sharma was conferred the honour of the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] upon his return from space. He remains to date the only Indian to have been conferred this honour. India also conferred its highest peacetime gallantry award, the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], on him and the two{{Nbsp}}Soviet members of his mission, Malyshev and Strekalov.<ref name="hin"/>
 
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|colspan="4" |[[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|colspan="1" |[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]]
|colspan="2" |[[Paschimi Star]]
|colspan="1" |[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sangram Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He was born in Palwal, Haryana. His father is a Businessman and he did his schooling from government school Delhi and higher studies from UP. He was married to Nisha Sharma in 2010.  
Sharma married Madhu. His son, Kapil, is a film director,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121180/ |title=Kapil Sharma onsepvember 2019}}</ref> while his daughter, Krittika, is a media artist.


==Career==
==Popular culture==
Before he started blogging we worked for multinational companies as Trainer and currently working with one of the TOP MNC at Gurgaon. He started Blogging as a hobby and later converted his hobby into a profession. He was also worked with Google for their project on a Blogging site and currently writing for many websites as a freelance writer.<ref name="Interview Skillinfinity">{{cite web|url=https://skillinfinity.com/social-influencer-interview/rakesh-sharma-founder-of-bollywood-galiyara-latest-bollywood-news-gossips?ref=interview_lists|title= Interview - Rakesh Sharma: Founder of Bollywood Galiyara |publisher= SkillInfinity|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Interview Checkernews">{{cite web|url=http://thecheckernews.com/exclusive-interview-rakesh-sharma//|title=An Exclusive Interview with Blogger Rakesh Sharma|publisher= The Checkers News|accessdate=8 January 2017}}</ref>. He started his journey as Journalist for Entertainment segment with Bollywood Galiyara in 2014 <ref name="Bollywood Galiyara Author">{{cite web|url=https://bollywoodgaliyara.com/author/rakeshsharma/|title= Bollywood Galiyara Author|publisher= Bollywood Galiyara |accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gadget Galiyara Author">{{cite web|url=http://gadgetgaliyara.com/author/rakeshsharma/|title= Gadget Galiyara Author|publisher= Bollywood Galiyara |accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref> Additionally, he writes as an columnist for NewsGaliyara.com and GadgetGaliyara.com.  
A biographical Hindi-language film titled, ''Saare Jahaan Se Achcha'' (formerly "Salute"), is under pre-production since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-30|title=Farhan Akhtar Finalised to Star in Rakesh Sharma Biopic?|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/farhan-akhtar-to-lead-rakhesh-sharma-biopic|access-date=2020-11-25|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[Kalpana Chawla]]
* [[Sunita Williams]]
* [[Ravish Malhotra]]
* [[P. Radhakrishnan (scientist)|P. Radhakrishnan]]


==In News==
==References==
Recently he got into the news when he speaks on the [[Padmavati]] controversy<ref name="Interview Padmavati">{{cite web|url=http://www.delhichilli.com/rakesh-sharma-supports-padmavati-people-have-no-fear-of-law-and-order/|title=Rakesh Sharma Supports Padmavati|publisher= Delhi Chilli}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Facebook|therakeshtalks| Rakesh Sharma}}
*{{Commons category-inline|Rakesh Sharma}}
*{{Twitter|therakeshtalks| Rakesh Sharma}}
* [http://astrotalkuk.org/2013/11/03/rakesh-sharma/ Interview with Rakesh Sharma in August 2013]
*{{Instagram|therakeshtalks| Rakesh Sharma}}
* [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20181119-rakesh-sharma-our-first-space-man-1384895-2018-11-09 Rakesh Sharma: Our First Space Man] ''India Today'', 9 November 2018
 
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== References ==
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