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FIRST IN INDIA - 102 FACTS

1. First Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke award Devika Rani(1970) 2. First Indian Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign language film Mother India(1970) 3. First Non congress government in India JanataParty(1977-79) 4. First Indian Olympic team medal Gold for Hockey (at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands(1928) 5. First Indian Olympic Invidual medal winner K.D.Jadav, Bronz in Wrestling at Helsinki 6. First women to win a medal in Olympics Karanam Malleswari In 2000(Sydney) 7. First Indian Cricket testmatch Against England at Lords(1932) 8. First Indian cricket Captain CK Naidu (1932) 9. First Indian cricketer to score a century Lala Amarnath 10. First Indian writer to win the Booker prize Arundhati Rai 11. First Indian Attorney General belongs to muslim community Gulam E Vahanavati 12. First Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbalakshmi(in 2001) 13. The first CNG(compressed natural gas)run bus was started in Delhi 14. The first solar city is developed at

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Anandpur Sahib 15. The first network based Indian language electronic mail GSIT-mail 16. The first central jail of women was set-up at New Delhi 17. First air Marshal Arjun singh 18. First woman to circumnavigate(sail round the world) Ujwala Rai 19. First woman IAS officer Anna George Malhotra 20. First woman Advocate Cornelia Sorabji 21. First woman Judge Anna Chandi 22. First woman judge of aHigh Court Anna Chandi 23. First woman Chief Justice of a High court Lelia Seth 24. First woman doctor Kadambani Ganguly 25. First woman to pass MA Chandra Mukhi Bose 26. Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest Dicky Dolma (19 years) 27. First lady Magistrate Omana Kunjamma 28. First Indian to become President of Inteernational court of Justice Dr.Nagendra Singh 29. First Indian recipient of Victoria cross (highest award before Independence) -----KhudadaKhan

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30. First Indian High court Judge Justice Syed Mehamood (1878) 31. First Indian to visit England RajaRammohan Roy(1832) 32. First Bar-at-Law J.M.Tagore 33. First chairman of Rajya Sabha Dr.S.Radhakrishnan (1952-62) 34. First deputy Speaker Anantasayanam Ayyangar 35. First Woman who secured place in top 50 in W.T.A. Rankings Sania Mirza 36. First Indian Heart Transplantation Dr.Venu Gopal 37. First Chair person of the National Commission for women Jayanti Patnaik 38. First Indian Acting Prime Minister Guljarilal Nanda 39. First acting President of India V.V.Giri 40. First Woman secretary general in Rajya Sabha V.S.Ramadevi 41. First Youngest woman cabinet minister Selja Kumari(29 yrs) 42. First woman to swim seven straits Bula Choudary(w.Bengal) 43. First Woman DGP Kanchan Choudary Battacharya (Uttarakhand) 44. First woman Deputy Governor of RBI K.J.Udesi 45. First Indian to win Ramon Magasaysay Vinobha Bhave(1958)

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46. First woman member in the Railway Board Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan 47. First Woman Lieutenant general (Army) Punita Arora 48. First woman Vice Admiral (Navy) Punita Arora 49. First woman Air Vice Marshal Padma Bandhopadyaya 50. First Indian to win Bharat Ratna Dr.S.Radhakrishnan,C.Rajagopalachari and Sir C.V. Raman(1954) 51. Longest served President of India Dr.Babu Rajendra Prasad (12 yrs 3 months 18 days) 52. Shortest Served President of India Dr.Zakhir Hussain (1yr 11months 20days) 53. Longest served Central Minister Babu Jagajeevan Ram(28 yrs) 54. Longest served Chief Minister Jyoti Basu(23 yrs W.Bengal) 55. Shortest served Chief Minister Jagadambica Pal (U.P. 1day) 56. Shartest served High court Chief Justice B.P.Jha 57. First Indian cricketer to score a triple century (in Test Cricket) Virender Sehwag 58. First Indian hat-trick in Test cricket Harbhajan singh 59. First Indian Batsman tocomplete 10,000 runs (in Test Cricket) Sunil Gavaskar 60. First Indian Tennis Grand Slam title Mahesh Bhupathi 61. First city in India to have electricity Banglore

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62. First American President to Visit India Dwight David Eisenhower 63. First British Prime Minister to Visit India Harold Macmillan 64. First Russian Prime Minister to visit India Nikolai A Bulaganin 65. First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India Fahien (in Gupta Period) 66. First European Invander of India Alexander the Great 67. First India`s Telecommunication service 1870 68. First Radio broadcasting in India Between Bombay & kolkata (1927 ) 70. India`s First Doordarshan kendra was established Delhi (1959 ) 71. India`s first regular Oil well was unearthed Digboi (Asom-1890 ) 72. First woman Ambassador of India Vijayalaxmi Pandit (1947-49,USSR ) 73. First Woman President of a National Stock exchange Omana Abraham (Kottayam ) (she was the President of Cochin stock exchange) 74. First Indian woman (by citizenship ) to win the Nobel Prize Mother Teresa( She won it for peace in 1979 ) 75. First Indian woman appointed as Civilian Police adviser at UN Kiran Bedi 76. First woman foreign secretary of India Chokila Iyer 77. The First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones

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78. First Indian Grand Master in chess Vishwanathan Anand 79. First batsman to score three test centuries in three successive Tests on debut Mohd. Azharuddin 80. First Indian (among women) to have won a grand slam Sania Mirza (wimbledon) 81. First Indian to win medal World Athletics Anju George 82. First Home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel 83. First woman Home minister for a State Sabita Indrareddy (A.P.) 84. First Modal e-court Gujarat 85. Indias first sea bridge Bandra worli(Maharastra)5.6kms 86. First e-parliament in the Central Gujarat 87. First Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad 88. First person to receive Paramveer Chakra Major Somnath sharma 89. First Indian woman pilot in Indian Airlines Haritakaaur Dayal 90. First woman Airline Pilot Captain durgaBenerjee 91. First womanChairman of UPPS Rose Millian Mathew 92. First actress of Indian cinema Smt.Devika Rani Rorik 93. First Indian woman Barrister Cornotia Sorabji

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94. First Indian woman Advocate Regina Guha 95. First woman Foreign Minister Lakhmi N.Menon(1957-66) 96. First woman MBBS Kadambini Ganguli(1888) 97. First woman Secretery general of Rajya Sabha V.S. Ramadevi(1993) 98. First woman chief election commissioner V.S.Ramadevi 99. First Youngest M.P. Dharmeendra Yadav(UP) 100. First finance commission chairman K.C.Niyogi 101. First chief election commissioner Sukumar Sen 102. First Youngest Governor Swaraj Koul(37 yrs. Mizoram)

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