RECORD MAKERS (INDIA)
Women |
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1 | First woman Prime Minister | Mrs Indira Gandhi |
2 | First woman Chief Minister of a State | Mrs Sueheta Kripalani |
3 | First woman Minister | Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
4 | First woman Central Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
5 | First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Mrs Shanno Devi |
6 | First woman Governor of a State | Mrs Sarojini Naidu |
7 | First Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress | Annie Besant |
8 | First woman President of UN General Assembly | Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
9 | First Muslim Woman to Sit on the throne of Delhi | Razia Sultana |
10 | First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel | Miss Arti Saha (now Mrs Arti Gupta) |
11 | First Woman to Climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
12 | First Woman to Circumnavigate (sail round the world) | Ujwala Rai |
13 | First Woman IAS Officer | Anna George Malhotra |
14 | First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
15 | First Woman Advocate | Cornelia Sorabji |
16 | First Woman Judge | Anna Chandi |
17 | First Woman Judge of a High Court | Anna Chandi |
18 | First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | M. Fathima Bibi |
19 | First Woman Chief Justice of a High Court | Leila Seth |
20 | First Woman Doctor | Kadambini Ganguli |
21 | First Woman to pass M A | Chandra Mukhi Bose |
22 | First Woman Editor of English newspaper | Dina Vakil |
23 | First Woman Chief Engineer | P.K. Thresia |
24 | First Woman to Receive a Sena Medal | Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF)-1990 |
25 | Youngest Woman to Climb Mount Everest | Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali—1993 |
26 | First Woman to Climb Mount Everest Two Times | Santosh Yadav (ITBP Officer)—1993 |
27 | First Lady Magistrate | Omana Kunjamma |
28 | First Woman to Win Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
29 | First to be Crowned Miss India | Pramita (Ester Victoria Abraham)—1947 |
30 | First to be Crowned Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
31 | First to be Crowned Miss World | Reita Faria (1966) |
32 | First Woman President | Pratibha Devi Singh Patil |
Men | ||
1 | First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen |
2 | First to Climb Mount Everest | Tenzing Norgay |
3 | First to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen | Phu Dorjee |
4 | First Indian to join I.C.S. (ICS now is IAS) | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
5 | First Indian to get Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
6 | First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma |
7 | First British Governor General | Warren Hastings |
8 | First Governor General of Free India | Lord Mountbatten |
9 | First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
10 | Last Governor General of free India | C. Rajagopalachari |
11 | First President of India | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
12 | First Vice-President of India | Dr S. Radhakrishnan |
13 | First Muslim President of India | Dr Zakir Hussain |
14 | First Sikh President of India | Giani Zail Singh |
15 | First Prime Minister | Pt Jawahar Lai Nehru |
16 | First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G. V. Mavlankar |
17 | First Chief Justice of India | Justice H. L. Kania |
18 | First President of Indian National Congress | W. C. Bannerjee |
19 | First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive Council | Lord S. P. Sinha |
20 | First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh |
21 | First Emperor of Mughal Dynasty | Babur |
22 | First Field Marshal | S. H. F. J. Manekshaw |
23 | First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India (now Field Marshal) | Gen. K. M. Cariappa |
24 | First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) | Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Sinhji |
25 | First Chief of the Naval Staff ( Indian) | Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari |
26 | First Chief of the Air Force Staff (Indian) | Subroto Mukherjee |
27 | First Indian in British Parliament | Dadabhai Naoroji |
28 | First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest gallantry award before independence) | Khudada Khan |
29 | First Indian to circumnavigate the globe | Lt Col K. S. Rao |
30 | First Indian to reach the South Pole | Col J. K. Bajaj (1989) |
31 | First Indian High Court Judge | Justice Syed Mehamood (1878) |
32 | First Indian to make a solo air flight | J. R. D. Tata |
33 | First Indian to visit England | Raja Rammohun Roy (1832) |
34 | First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) | Lord S. P. Sinha |
35 | First Bar-at-Law | J. M. Tagore |
36 | First Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Dr S. Radhakrishnan (1952-62) |
37 | First Indian Test Cricketer | K. S. Ranjit Singhji |
38 | First Air Marshal | Arjan Singh |
39 | First Judge to face impeachment in the Lok Sabha | Justice V. Ramaswami (1993) |
40 | Fastest Shorthand writer | Dr G. D. Mist (250 wpm) |
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