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Atomic Station: Tarapur Power Station near Mumbai.
Bharat Ratna Award Winner: C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan andC.V. Raman in 1954.
Actress to win Padma Shri Award: Nargis Duttta (1958).
Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner: Devika Raanio (1969)
Jnanpith Award Winner: G.Sankara Kurup (1965).
Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994). First in India
Miss World: Reita Faria (1966).
Nobel Laurate: Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali (1913).
Woman Jnanpith Award Winner: Ashapurna Devi (1976).
Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner: Amrita Pritam (1956).
Chairman of Rajya Shabha: S.V. Krishnamurthy (1952).
Chief Justice: Woman Chief Justice of High Court: Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
Chief Justice of India: Harilal J. Kania (1950-51).
Cosmonut (Man in Space): Rakesh Sharma (1984).
Woman in Space: Dr. Kalpana Chawla (November, 1951).
Captain of Test Cricket: Lala Amarnath (1933-1934).
General Election: in 1952. First in India
Emperor: Qutub Uddin Aibak (1206-1210), Ruler of Slave Dynasty-
Ruler of Mughal Dynasty: Babur (1526-1530).
Woman Ruler of India: Razia Sultana (1936-40)
Woman Chief Minister: Sucheta Kripalini (Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967).
Colour Film: Can-can Dance.
Indigenous Feature Film: Raja Harishchandra (1913).
Talkie Film: Alam Araa (1931)
ICS Officer: Satyyendranath Tagore
Woman IAS: Anna Rajan George (1950)
Woman IPS: Kiran Bedi (1974).
Woman IAF Official Court-Martial: Anjali Gupta (2005).
First Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal: Abhinav Bindra (2008).
First Indian to win medals at two successive Olympics: Shusil Kumar (att the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics).
First Indian female to win an individual Olympic Medal: Karnam Maleswari (at the 2000 Sydney Olympics) First in India
First Indian male to win an individual Olympic medal: K.D. Jadhav (at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic)
First Indian to win Medal in Gymnastics in Asian Games: Ashish Kumar (2010).
Prime Minister: Pt. Jawaharlal Neehru (1947-1964).
Deputy Prime Minister: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (19947-50).
Woman Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi (1966-77, 1980-84).
President: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962).
Elected President: Dr. S. Radhaakrishnan (1962-67)
Woman President: Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (2007-12).
Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925).
President of Indian National Congress: W.C. Banerjee (1885).
Woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijayalakshmi Panditt (1953).
Woman President in Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917).
Indian woman to swim accross the English Channel: Arati Saha (1959)
Indian man to swim accross the English Channel: Mihir Sen (1966)
First Speaker in Lok Sabha: G.V. Mavalankar (19952).
First Woman Speaker in Lok Shabha: Smt. Meira Kumar (2009).
Train Journey: Mumbai to Thane (34 km) on 16 April, 1853
Metro: At Kolkata
Electric Train: In Mumbai between Mumbai VI and Kurla in 1925.
Man to climb Mt Everest: Tenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary, 1953).
Man to climb Mt Everest without oxygen: Phu Dorjee (1984).
Woman to climb Mt Everest: Bachendri Pal (1984).
Woman to climb Mt Everest twice in the same season: Anshu Jamsenpa (2001).
First viceroy of India: Lord Canning. 0 0 0
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