The First Indian

Post by **lovedesire** » Mar 28, 2009 Views: 1873

Actress of the Talkies
Zubeida, Alam Ara(1931)

Actress to win Padma Shri Award
Nargis Dutt(1958)

Architect
Maha Govinda(5th C.BC)

Aryabhatta Medal Winner
K.R. Ramanathan(1977)

Bharat Ratna Award Winner
C.Rajgopalachari(1954)

British Governor General of Indian Union
Lord Louis Mountbatten(Aug. 15, 1947-June 20, 1948)

Captain of Test Cricket
C.K.Nayudu(1932)

Century in Test Cricket
Lala Amarnath(1933-1934)

Chairman of Rajaya Sabha
S.V.Krishnamoorthy(1952)

Chevalier Award Winner
Sivaji Ganesan

Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen(1950-1958)

Chief Justice of India
Hiralal J.Kania(1950-1951)

Chief of Air Staff
Sir Thomas Elmhirst(1947-1950)

Chief of Army Staff to die in harness
B.C.Joshi(1994)

Chief of Coast Guard
V.A.Kamath(1978-1980)

Chief of Naval Staff
R.D.Katari(1958-1962)

Commander-in-Chief
K.M.Cariappa(1949-1953)

Cosmonaut
Rakesh Sharma(1984)

Cricketer to have battled in all positions(1 to 11)
Vinoo Mankad

Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner
Devika Rani Roerich(1969)

Dancer to perform abroad
Uday Shankar

Deputy Prime Minister
Vallabhbhai Patel(1947-1950)

Deputy Prime Minister to die in harness
Vallabhbhai Patel(1950)

Elected President
S.Radhakrishnan(1962-1967)

Emperor of Mughal Dynasty
Babar(1526-1530)

Field Marshal
S.H.F.J.Manekshaw(1973)

Film Star Chief Minister
M.G.Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu, 1977)

Financial Minister to present the Budget three times in a row
Manmohan Singh (1933, 1994, 1995)

Finix Award Winner
Sr.P.C.Sorcar

Geometer
Baudhayana, Sulva Sutras(800 BC)

Governor General of British India
Warren Hastings(1774-1785)

Grammarian
Panini, Ashtadhyaayi(6th C. BC)

Helms Award Winner
Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)

Home Minister
Vallabhbhai Patel(1946)

ICS Officer
Satyendranath Tagore

Indian Chief of Air Staff
S.Mukherjee(1954-1960)

Indian Governor General of Indian Union
M.Rajendra Singh(April 1, 1955-May 14, 1955)

Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress
Sarojini Naidu(1925)

J.C.Bose Medal Winner
V.Ramalingaswami(1977)

Jain Tithankara
Rishabha Dev

Jananpith Award Winner
G.Sankara Kurup, Odakuzhal(1965)

Lady of the Indian Film
Devika Rani Roerich

Lata Mangeshkar Award Winner
Naushad(1984)

Lawgiver
Manu, Manu Smirti(3100 BC)

Man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen
Phu Dorjee(1984)

Man to climb Mount Everest
Tanzing Norgay(with Edumund Hillary, 1953)

Man to make solo Flight(from US to India)
Satish Soman(1994)

Man to swim across English Channel
Mihir Sen(1966)

Man to swim several Straits in one calender year
Mihir Sen(1966)

Managing Director of World Bank
Gautam Kaji(1995)

Member of British Parliament
Dadabhai Naoroji(1862)

Member of Viceroy's Executive Council
Sir S.P.Sinha(1909)

Miss Universe
Sushmita Sen(1994)

Miss World
Reita Faria(1966)

Musician to get Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushana
M.S.Subbulakshmi(1954,1975)

Musician to get Ramon Magsaysay Award
M.S.Subbulakshami(1974)

Naval Pilot
Y.N.Singh(1941)

Nishan-Eey-Pakistan Award Winner
Morarji Desai(1991)
Nobel Prize Winner
Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali(1913)

Olympic Medal Winner
Norman Pritchard, Silver(1900)

Oscar Winner
Bhanu Athaiya

Patricide
Ajatshatru's killing of Bimbisara(494 BC)

Physically handicapped mountaineer
Baba Manindra Pal

Pilot
J.R.D.Tata, Tata Airlines(1929)

Presentation of Budget
R.K.Shanmugham Chetty, Finance Minister(1947)

Presentation of General Budget
C.D.Deshmukh, Finance Minister(1952)

President
Rajendra Prasad(1950-1962)

President of Indian National Congress
W.C.Bannerjee(1885)

President of International Court of Justice
Nagendra Singh(1970)

President to die in harness
Zakir Hussain(1967-1969)

Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)

Prime Minister to be assassinated
Indira Gandhi(1984)

Prime Minister to die in harness
Jawaharlal Nerhru(1964)

Prime Minister to head a minority government
Choudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan,14, 1980)

Prime Minister to resign from office
Morarji Desai(1979)

Prime Minister who did not face Parliament
Chaudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan 14, 1980)

Raman Medal Winner
Salim Moinuddin Ahmed Ali(1979)

Raman Magsaysay Award Winner
Vinoba Bhave(1958)

Recipient of Stalin Peace Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlew(1954)

Recipient of World Food Prize
M.S.Swaminathan(1987)

S.Ramanujan Medal Winner
S.Chandrashekhar(1962)

S.S.Bhatnagar Medal Winner
Atma Ram(1959)

Scientist
Uddalaka Aruni(560 BC)

Slave Ruler of India
Qutb-ud-din Aibak(1206-1210)

Speaker in Hindi at the UN
Atal Bihari Vajpayee(1977)

Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar(1952-1957)

Test-tube baby
Baby Harsha or Indira(1986)

Vice-President
S.Radhakrishnan(1952-1962)

Viceroy of India
Lord Canning (1858-1862)

Woman (Muslim) Ruler of India
Razia Sultana(1236-1240)

Woman Advocate
Cornelia Sorabji(1894)

Woman Ambassador
Vijayalakshmi Pandit(U.S.S.R., 1947-1949)

Woman at Antarctica
Meher Moos(1976)

Woman Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur(Health)

Woman Chief Justice(of High Court)
Leila Seth(Himachal Pradesh, 1991)

Woman Chief Minister
Sucheta Kriplani(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman Foreign Minister
Lakshmi N. Menon(1957-1966)

Woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
V.S.Rama Devi(1993)

Woman Governor
Sarojini Naidu(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman IAS Officer
Anna Rajam George(1950)

Woman IPS Officer
Kiran Bedi(1974)

Woman Jet Commander
Saudamini Deshmukh

Woman Jnanpithpith Award Winner
Ashapurna Devi, Prathama Pratishruti(1976)

Woman Judge of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi(1989)

Woman Minister of State
Vijayalakshmi Pandit(Uttar Pradesh, 1937)

Woman Missionary
Sanghamitra, daughter of King Ashoka (Sri Lanka, 3rd C.BC)

Woman Pilot (Commercial)
Prem Mathur(Deccan Airways, 1951)

Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines)
Durga Banerjee(1966-1988)

Woman President of Indian National Congress
Annie Besant(1917)

Woman President of UN General Assembly
Vijayalakshmi Pandit(1953)

Woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi(1966-1977, 1980-1984)

Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
Amrita Pritam, Sunehre(1956)

Woman to climb Mount Everest
Bachendri Pal(1984)

Woman to perform a solo Flight
Harita Kaur Deol(1944)

Woman to swim across English Channel
Arati Saha(1959)

Woman to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar
Arti Pradhan

Woman to win an Asian Gold
Kamaljit Sandhu(1970)

Woman to go in Space
Dr.Kalpana Chawla(November 1997)

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