First in
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1. British Governor General of
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Warren Hastings
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2. Governor General of Independent
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Lord Mountbatten
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3. Commander-in-chief of Free
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Roy Bucher
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4. Cosmonaut –
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Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
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5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in
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Babar
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6. Field Marshal –
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S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
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7. Indian Governor General of Indian
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C. Rajagopalachari
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8. Indian I.C.S. Officer –
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Satyendra Nath Tagore
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9. Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive
Council –
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Sri S.P. Sinha
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10. Indian to swim across
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Mihir Sen
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11. Indian woman to swim across-English
Channel –
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Miss Arati Saha
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12. Man to climb
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Tenzing Norgay
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13. Man to climb
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Phu Dorjee
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14. Man to climb
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Nwang Gombu
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15. Nobel Prize winner –
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Rabindra Nath Tagore
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16. President of Indian National Congress
–
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W. C. Banerjee
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17. President of
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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18. Talkie Film –
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Alam Ara (1931)
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19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) –
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Indira
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20. Viceroy of
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Lord Canning
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21. Woman Minister of Indian
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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22. Woman Chief Minister of State –
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Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
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23. Woman Governor –
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Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
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24. Woman President of Indian National
Congress –
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Dr. Annie Besant
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25. Woman Prime Minister –
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Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly –
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Mrs. Shanno Devi
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27. Prime Minister of
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Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
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28. Muslim President of Indian
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Dr. Zakir Hussain
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29. Speaker of Lok Sabha –
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G. V. Mavlankar
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30. Woman to climb mount Everest –
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Bachhendri Pal
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31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court –
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Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
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32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court –
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Smt. Leela Seth
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33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S.
Citizen) –
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Kalpana Chawla
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34. The first Indian weightlifter to win
bronze medal in Olympics -
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Karnam Malleshwari (
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35. The First Indian World Chess Champion
–
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Vishwanathan Anand
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36.
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The News Today (Launched on Jan.
3, 2001)
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37.
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Sonali Banerjee
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38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok
Sabha –
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G. M. C. Balyogi
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39. The first Vice-President of India to
die in harness –
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40. The first Indian woman cricketer to
score double century –
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Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing
against
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41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal –
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P. Bandopadhyaya
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42. The first Indian to be appointed as
United Nations Civilian Police Advisor –
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Ms. Kiran Bedi
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43. The first astronaut of Indian origin
to perish aboard
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Dr. Kalpana Chawla (
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44. The first woman to be appointed
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of
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K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June
10, 2003)
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45. The first Indian girl to register a
win in a
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Sania Mirza (2003)
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46. The first Indian lady to win a medal
in World Athletic Championship –
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Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
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47. The first woman Chairman and Managing
Director of NABARD –
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Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
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48. The highest individual test scorer of
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Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs
against Sauth
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49. The first Indian cricketer to make
double centuries five times-
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Rahul Dravid
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50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S.
–
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Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil
Services Exam., 2003)
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51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
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52. The first woman Director General of
Police of a State –
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Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP
Uttaranchal)
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53. The first woman to be appointed as
the crime branch chief –
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MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as
crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
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54. The first woman to reach the rank of
Lt. General in the Indian army –
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Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed
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55. The first Indian to cross seven
important seas by swimming –
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Bula Chaudhury
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56. The first woman to become Indian Air
Force’s first woman Air Marshal –
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Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
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57. The first youngest MP, at the age of
25 years –
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Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri :
Samajwadi Party MP)
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58.
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Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005,
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59. The first Indian to set a world
record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon –
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Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26,
2005. 69852 ft.)
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60. The first wonder child of Orissa only
about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. -
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Budhia (May 2006)
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61. The first woman Commissioner of Police
of an Indian metro –
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(Chennai Metro Police) Letika
Saran
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62. The first Indian to Ski to the North
Pole –
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Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
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63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold
Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship –
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Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
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64. The first person of Indian origin to
win the Miss Great Britain title –
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Preeti Desai (2006)
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65. The first woman President of the
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Pratibha Patil
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