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 winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza ? 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)
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