VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR COMPETETIVE EXAM Indias First...... • Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten • Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravar ti Rajgopalachari • Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India —General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949 • Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw • Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956). • President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad • Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan • Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru • Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel • Finance Minister of India—R. K. Shanmukham Chetty • Auditor General of India—V. Narahari Rao • Director of CBI— DP Kohli • National Security Adviser— Brijesh Mishra • Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne Smith • Non-Congress Prime-Minister — Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79. • British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings • Space traveller—S. Leader- Rakesh Sharma • C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore • Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George, 1950 • Sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna—Sachin Tendulkar • Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen • Woman to swim across the English Channel—Arati Saha, 1959 • Raman-Magsaysay awardee —Acharya Vinoba Bhave • Novel prize winner— Rabindra Nath Tagore • Nobel Prize in Physics—C. V. Raman in 1930 • President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee • Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar • First Woman Chief Minister— Sucheta Kriplani • Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009 • 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 • Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’— Indira Gandhi • Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters— Mrinal Sen • Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letter—Sivaji Ganeshan • Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri • Person awarded Bhartiya- Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam– 1965) • Woman awarded with Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar —Ashapurna Devi, 1976 • Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner—Amrita Pritam, 1956 • Woman Honours Graduate— Kamini Roy • Woman Director General of Police—Kanchan C Bhattacharya • Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal • Woman to received Nobal Prize— Mother Teresa • Woman Governor—Sarojini Naidu • Licensed Pilot— J R D Tata • Woman Air Pilot—Durba Banerjee • Woman Teacher—Savitribai Phule • 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 Bihari 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 • Actress to win Padma Shri Award—Nargis Dutt, 1958 • Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921) • Tennis Grandslam title winner—Mahesh Bhupati • Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Singh (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 • Woman Graduates—Kadam bini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 • Woman Chief Justice of High Court—Leila Seth, Himachal Pradesh, 1991 • 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 • Leanin Peace Prize— Saifuddin Kitchlew • Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi • Woman Doctorate of Science —Asima Chatterjee (1944) • Woman IPS—Kiran Bedi • Woman Supreme Court judge —Kumari Fathima Beevi • Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh • Editor of Time Magazine— Bobby Ghosh • Director of CBI becoming Governor—Ashwani Kumar • Person to reach the North Pole—Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar • Person to reach the South Pole—Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj • Nishan-e-Pakistan—Morarji Desai, 1990 • Magsaysay Award—Vinoba Bhave, 1958 • Miss World—Reita Faria in 1966 • Miss Asia Pacific—Zeenat Aman in 1970 • Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen in 1994 • Miss Earth—Nicole Faria in 2010 • Place to get electricity—Dar jeeling in 1897 • Sound film—Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani • Colour film—Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani • Oscar winner—Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982. • Dadasaheb Phalke Award— Devika Rani in 1969 • Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters—Sivaji Ganesan • Test-tube baby—Durga Agarwal, born 1978 • Newspaper—Hickeys Bengal Gazette started in 1760 • First Lady Doctor—Anandibai Joshi • Satellite—Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975 • Man to climb Mt Everest— Tenzing Norgay • Man to climb Mt Everest without oxygen—Phu Dorjee, 1984 • Woman to climb Mt everest —Bachendri Pal • District to achieve 100% literacy rate—Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990 • Captain in Tests—C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England • ODI captain—Ajit Wadekar • 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 • Individual Medal in Olympic games—KD Jadhav • Grandmaster— Viswanathan Anad • Woman Grandmaster—Kon eru Humpy • First Indian who individually won the Gold medal in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra • First Indian who won the Bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar • Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge—Srinivasa Ramanujan • Fellow of the Royal Society —Ardasee
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