Why a 14 year old Indian school-boy invented a fuel-powered bicycle
By Guardian Exclusive
08 February 2020 |
7:06 am
Such is the story of an Indian schoolboy, Subham Soubhagya Agasti who built a petrol-powered bicycle after an Indian law banned under-18s from driving motorcycles. Agasti designed a petrol-powered bicycle with the help of his elder brother Jagabandhu in Bhadrak district, eastern India.
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