First in India |
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The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
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Sherpa Anga Dorjee
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The first Chinese traveller to visit India
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Fahein
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The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet
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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
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The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India
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Razia Sultan
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Woman IAS
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Anna Ranjan George, 1950
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The first Indian Pilot
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J. R. D. Tata (1929)
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Woman Air Pilot
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Durba Banerjee
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The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
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Sushma Chawla
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The first woman Air Vice Marshal
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P. Bandopadhyaya
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First Marshal of Indian Air Force
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Arjan Singh
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The first woman IPS officer
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Mrs. Kiran Bedi
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Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart
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Dr. P. Venugopal
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Indian Managing Director of World Bank
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Gautam Kazi
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The first lady to become Miss World
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Rita Faria
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Miss Asia Pacific
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Zeenat Aman in 1970
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Miss Universe
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SushmitaSen in 1994
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Miss Earth
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Nicole Faria in 2010
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The first woman Honours Graduate
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Kamini Roy, 1886
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The first woman Olympic medal Winner
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Karnam Malleswari, 2000
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The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner
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Kamlijit Sandhu
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The first woman Lawyer
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Cornelia Sorabjee
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The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly
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Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
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The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State
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Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
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The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
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Roze Millian Bethew
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The first woman Director General of Police
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Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
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The first woman Lieutenant General
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Puneeta Arora
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Player awarded ‘PadamBhusan’
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C. K. Naidu
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Actress to win Padma Shri Award
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Nargis Dutt, 1958
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Indian players played Davis Cup
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M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
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Tennis Grand slam title winner
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Mahesh Bhupati
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Indian player who played the test cricket
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K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from England)
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Scientist elected for LokSabha
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Dr. Meghnad Saha
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Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award
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Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
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Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar
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C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
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First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament
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Lal Mohan Ghose
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Indian member of American Congress
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Deleep Singh
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Editor of Time Magazine
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Bobby Ghosh
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Person to reach the North Pole
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Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
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Person to reach the South Pole
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Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
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Nishan-e-Pakistan
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Morarji Desai, 1990
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Place to get electricity
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Darjeeling in 1897
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Sound film
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AlamAra (1931) directed by ArdeshirIrani
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Colour film
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Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani
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Oscar winner
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Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982.
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DadasahebPhalke Award
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Devika Rani in 1969
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Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
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Sivaji Ganesan
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Test-tube baby
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay perform the In vitro fertilization resulting in a test tube baby “Durga”
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Durga Agarwal, born 1978
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Bank PO exam preparation for bank clarical exam
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Newspaper
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Hickey's Bengal Gazette started in 1760
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First Lady Doctor
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Anandibai Joshi
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Satellite
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Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975
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District to achieve 100% literacy rate
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Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990
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Captain in Tests
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C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
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ODI captain
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Ajit Wadekar
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Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket
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Harbhajan Singh
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Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket
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Virendra Sehwag
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Individual Medal in Olympic games
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KD Jadhav
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Grandmaster
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Viswanathan Anad
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Woman Grandmaster
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Koneru Humpy
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First Indian who individually won the Gold medal in Olympic games
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AbhinavBindra
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First Indian who won the Bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic games
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Vijendra Kumar
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Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Fellow of the Royal Society
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Ardaseer Cursetjee
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Woman External Affairs Minister
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Sushma Swaraj
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