Multiple choice

Rakesh Sharma is famous for being

  1. A famous football player

  2. A musician of repute

  3. India's first man is space

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Rakesh Sharma is a former Indian Air Force pilot who became the first Indian citizen to travel to space. He flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in April 1984 as part of the Intercosmos program. The mission made him a national hero and a symbol of India's achievements in space exploration.

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