Anurag Thakur, the BJP chief and former Union Minister, stirred reactions on social media after he stated that Lord Hanuman might be thought of the “first one to journey in area.” Throughout an occasion in Himachal Pradesh’s college on August 23, the five-time parliamentarian made this controversial assertion.
Within the viral video clip, the 50-year-old might be seen addressing college students on the event of Nationwide Area Day at a PM Shri Faculty the place he questioned, “Antriksh essential yatra karne wala pehla kaun tha? (Who was the primary area traveller?).” To this he gave his personal reply, “Mujhe toh lagta hai Hanuman ji the (I feel it was Lord Hanuman).”
X’s group notes pointed to the error and supplied a truth verify: “Yuri Gagarin was the primary area traveler.”
This assertion sparked a flurry of reactions on-line, as a person acknowledged, “As a substitute of correcting the kids, you advised them Hanuman was the primary area traveller with that frivolous smile. It was Yuri Gagarin. Cease taking part in with the harmless minds of youngsters.”
One other person remarked, “All the children have been giving improper solutions. The primary man to journey to area is Yuri Gagarin and never Neil Armstrong (First man to journey to moon). However you didnt appropriate them. Religion & science are totally different topics. Let youngsters study science in class and religion at residence.”
A 3rd remark learn, “Science just isn’t mythology. To mislead younger minds in lecture rooms is an insult to information, purpose, and the spirit of scientific mood enshrined in our Structure. India’s future lies in nurturing curiosity, not complicated truth with fable.”
A fourth person replied, “Worst authorities for Indian Schooling. It can take a long time to undo damages.”
A fifth person acknowledged, “For the report: Yuri Gagarin (1961) was the primary man in area, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) the primary lady, Rakesh Sharma (1984) India’s first, and Kalpana Chawla the primary Indian-born lady astronaut.”
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Who was Yuri Gagarin?
Yuri Gagarin, the primary area traveller from the Soviet Union, aboard Vostok 1 accomplished one orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. “His automobile, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a velocity of 27,400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes,” NASA stated. The cosmonaut who accomplished the primary profitable crewed spaceflight was ejected from the spacecraft and landed by parachute.
