Mirzapur: Sania Mirza, the daughter of a TV mechanic from Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and will be the first Muslim girl in the country and the first IAF pilot from the state. Sania Mirza is a resident of Jasovar village of Mirzapur Dehat Kotwali police station area. He achieved this position by passing the NDA exam. He has brought laurels not only to the district but also to the state and the country.
Sania, who studied in a Hindi medium school, said that even Hindi medium students can achieve success if they are determined. She will join NDA Khadakwasla in Pune on 27 December.
Along with the parents, the villagers are also feeling proud of her success. Sania’s father Shahid Ali said, ‘Sania Mirza considers the country’s first fighter pilot Avni Chaturvedi as her role model. From the very beginning, she wanted to be like him. Sania is the second such girl in the country who has been selected for this post. A fighter pilot.”
She studies from primary to 10th in Pandit Chintamani Dubey Inter College of the village itself. After this she went to Guru Nanak Girls Inter College in the city. She was District Topper in 12th UP Board. She started preparation at the Centurion Defense Academy.
She gives the credit of success to her parents as well as to the Centurion Defense Academy. She said that in the National Defense Academy 2022 exam only two seats were reserved for women in fighter pilots.
“I could not get the seat in the first attempt but I got the place in my second attempt.” Sania’s mother Tabassum Mirza said, “Our daughter has made us and the entire village proud. She fulfills the dream of becoming the first fighter pilot. She has inspired every girl in the village to follow her dreams.”
There were a total of 400 seats in the National Defense Academy 2022 exam including male and female. In which 19 seats were reserved for women and two seats were reserved for fighter pilots. Sania managed to make a place on both these seats on the basis of her talent.