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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