1.1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna-Dr.S.Radhakrishanan, 2.1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the president of India - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 3.1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - CV Raman 4.1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - JRD Tata 5.1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - Mrs. Indira Gandhi 6.1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature - Rabindranath Tagore 7.1st recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith award - G Sankara Kurup 8.1st Indian to receive the Booker prize - Salman Rushdie 9.1st Indian woman to receive the Booker prize - Arundhati Roy 10.1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Viswanathan Anand 11.1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Karnam Malleshwari 12.1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award - Aparna Ghosh 13.1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award - Salim Durrani 14.1st Indian scientist to be awarded the Nobel prize - CV Raman 15.1st winner of Param Vir Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma 16.1st and only Air Force person to receive the Param Vir Chakra - Flying Officer Nirmaljit Shekhon 17.1st and only woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra - Neerja Bhanot (1987) 18.1st winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Devika Rani 19.1st winner of Filmfare best actor award - Dilip Kumar 20.1st winner of Filmfare best actress award - Meena Kumari 21.1st Hindi film to win the National film Award - Mirza Ghalib (1954)
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