FIRST IN INDIA

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-i-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)