Monday, November 22, 2010

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 (1862)
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)
Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)

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