FIRST IN INDIA

? British Governor-General : Warren Hastings

? British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
? Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
? Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
? Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
? Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
? Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
? Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
? Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
? Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
? Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
? Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
? Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
? Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
? Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
? Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
? Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
? Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
? Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan

? Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing

? Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
? Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
? Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
? Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
? President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
? Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
? President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
? Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
? Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
? Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
? Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)
? Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
? Viceroy : Lord Canning
? Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
? Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
? Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
? Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
? Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
? Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
? Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
? Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
? Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
? Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
? Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
? Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
? Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
? Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
? Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
? Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
? Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria
? Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
? Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
? Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)
? Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
? To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
? Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)
? Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
? Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
? Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
? Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
? Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
? Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
? Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
? Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
? Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
? DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
? Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
? Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
? Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
? Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
? Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
? Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
? Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
? Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
? Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
? Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
? Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
? Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
? Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
? Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
? Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
? Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
? European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
? Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
? Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
? Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
? First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
? Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
? Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
? Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
? Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)
? Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament
? Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
? Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
? Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)
? Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
? To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
? First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
? First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
? First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)
? First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
? First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
? First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
? World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)
? Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
? Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
? Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)
? Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda

? First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948)
? First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
? First Census in India: 1901
? First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
? First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
? First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
? First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71
? First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta.

? First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985.
? First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
? First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
? First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
? First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
? First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh
? First international co-production: Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy.
? First Marine National Park: Jamnagar
? First Moonlit Animal House in Asia: Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
? First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
? First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
? First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese.
? First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
? First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
? First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948.
? First silent feature film in India: Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It was half British in its ma
? First solar crematorium: It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat.
? First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
? First song-less film: JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
? First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
? First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
? First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
? First Telegraph Line: It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280 km long. It was extended u
? First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta.
? First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra
? First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885. It is still in existence and is the oldest veterinary colle
? First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
? Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh
? Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass
? India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982
? India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
? India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in 1933.
? India's first fully indigenous silent feature film: Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada Saheb Phalke on May 3, 191
? India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15, 1997 at Mumbai).
? India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992)
? India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937.
? India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta (1933)
? India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890)
? India's first radio programme: This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the Madras Presidency Club
? India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa
? Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277 copies in 1997).
? Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies)
? Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi (5,40,919 copies in 1997).
? Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh
? Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
? Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era
? Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong
? Only Place in the world where a Brahmat Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan
? Shortest era in the world: Christian Era
? State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population: Punjab (28.31% - 1991 Census)
? State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%)
? State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991 Census)
? State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million - 1991 Census)
? State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704)
? State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census)
? State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7)
? State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%)
? State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census)
? State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000)
? State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census)
? World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.)
? World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997)
? World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori School in Lucknow, Uttar
? Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)

First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil

? Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)

? Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
? Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
? First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (De
? First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
? First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
? First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)

? First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926.
? First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)
? First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
? First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
? First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla
? First woman to head any Wakf board in India : Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf Board)
? First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha
? First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal, Sydney Olympics)
? First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom
? First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha
? First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta
? First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
? First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
? First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
? First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967)
? First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
? First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)
? First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)
? First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi
? First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)
? First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937.
? First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)
? First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore: 55-year old Padma
? First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)
? First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)
? First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
? First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi
? First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati
? First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)
? Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle
? India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee (1966, Indian Airlines)
? India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh
? India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao
? India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry
? India's officially recognized billionth citizen: Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New Delhi).
? World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee
? Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan

First American President to visit India

Dwight David Eisenhower

? First Asian to be elected president of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord Navnit Dholakia
? First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected Chancellor of the Wolverhampton
? First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan
? First Chairman of the University Grants Commission: S.S.Bhatnagar
? First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen (21.3.1950 to 19.12.1958)

? First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J.Kania (26.1.1950-6.11.1951)

? First Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency: B.G.Kher
? First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmherst (1947-1950)
? First Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji (1.4.1955 to 14.5.1955)
? First Commander-in-Chief: Gen.Sir Roy Bucher (1.1.1948 - 14.1.1949)
? First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker: G M C Balayogi
? First Defence Minister of Independent India: Sardar Baldev Singh
? First Deputy Prime Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
? First Director General of ICAR: B.P.Pal
? First Eunuch to be elected as a Mayor of an Indian city: Kamla Jaan, who elected Mayor of Katni city in Madhya Pr
? First Eunuch to get elected to a state legislature: Shabnam Mausi, won the Sohagpur Assembly constituency in Ma
? First European to invade India: Alexander
? First Field Marshal: Gen. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
? First fighter pilot to win the Param Vir Chakra: Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon (posthumous) for IAF in 197
? First Foreign Secretary of Free India: K.P.S.Menon
? First Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten
? First Indian bowler to get a hattrick in Test cricket: Harbhajan Singh
? First Indian Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (April 1, 1954).
? First Indian Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R.D.Katari (1958-1962).
? First Indian Governor-General of India: C.Rajagopalachari
? First Indian to be awarded with the 'Victoria Cross': Khuda Dad Khan (for Gallantry in Belgium during the first Wor
? First Indian to be elected a member of British Parliament: Dadabhoi Naoroji
? First Indian to be elected to the US House of Representatives: Dilip Singh Saund
? First Indian to go in space: Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma. He went in the Soyuz 7-II Spacecraft on April 3, 1984
? First Indian to hoist the National Flag over the North Pole: Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar.
? First Indian to record a song on a gramophone disc: Sashi Mukhi of Classic Theatres, Calcutta (1902)
? First Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen
? First Indian to win an Olympic Bronze: Khashaba Jadhav (wresting; 1952, Helsinki Olympics)
? First Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Tournament: Pullela Gopi Chand (March 11,2001)
? First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship: Wison Jones
? First Jnanpith Award Winner: G.Sankara Kurup (1965), for his work ‘Ottakkuzhal’ in Malyalam.
? First Minister without Portfolio: N.Gopalswami Ayengar in Jawaharlal Nehru's Cabinet. He, however, went on to b
? First Photographer in India: Raja Deendayal
? First President of India: Dr Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
? First President of the Indian Union of Civil Liberties: Rabindranath Tagore (1930s).
? First Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
? First Prime Minister to win a popular entertainment award: Atal Behari Vajpayee (when he won the Screen-Video
? First Secretary-General of South-South Commission: Dr Manmohan Singh
? First Surveyor General of India: Sir George Everest
? First Vice-President of India: Dr S.Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)
? First Winner of Param Vir Chakra: Maj.Somnath Sharma (posthumously) in November, 1947
? India's first Test-tube baby: Harsha (born on August 6, 1986).
? Indian Johann Sebastian Bach: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
? India's longest serving Chief Minister : Jyoti Basu
? Only Army Chief to be awarded with Maha Vir Chakra twice: Late Gen. A.S.Vaidya

? Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
? Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
? Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
? I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
? President of National Congress—Anne Besant
? Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
? Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
? Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
? Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
? Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
? Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
? Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
? Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
? Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
? Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
? Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
? Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
? Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
? Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
? Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
? Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
? Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
? Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
? Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
? Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
? Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
? Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
? Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
? Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
? Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
? I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
? First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
? Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
? Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
? Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
? Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
? Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Bad
? Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
? Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
? One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
? Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
? Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
? Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
? Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
? Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
? Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
? M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
? First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
? Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
? Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
? D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
? Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
? Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
? Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
? Advocate—Regina Guha
? Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
? Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
? World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
? Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
? First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
? Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
? Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
? Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
? Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
? Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
? Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
? Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
? First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
? First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
? Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
? Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
? Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
? Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
? Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
? Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
? Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
? First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William

First Person in India

Lord Lewis Mountbatten

? First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
? Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
? Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa
? Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
? President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
? Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
? Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
? Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai
? British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
? Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
? I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
? Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
? Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
? Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
? President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
? Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
? Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
? Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
? Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
? Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
? Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
? Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
? Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
? Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
? Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
? Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
? President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
? Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
? Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
? Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
? Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
? Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
? First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
? Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
? Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
? Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
? Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
? Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
? Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
? Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
? Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
? Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
? Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
? Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
? First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
? An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
? Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
? Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
? Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
? Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
? Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
? First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
? First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
? First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar
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