FIRST IN INDIA

1. British Governor-General : Warren Hastings
2. British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
3. Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
4. Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
5. Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
6. Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
7. Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
8. Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
9. Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
10. Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
11. Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
12. Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
13. Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
14. Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
15. Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
16. Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
17. Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
18. Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
19. Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan
20. Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing
21. Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
22. Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
23. Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
24. Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
25. President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
26. Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
27. President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
28. Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
29. Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
30. Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
31. Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)
32. Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
33. Viceroy : Lord Canning
34. Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
35. Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
36. Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
37. Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
38. Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
39. Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
40. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
41. Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
42. Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
43. Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
44. Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
45. Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
46. Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
47. Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
48. Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
49. Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
50. Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria
51. Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
52. Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
53. Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1862)
54. Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
55. To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
56. Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)
57. Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
58. Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
59. Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
60. Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
61. Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
62. Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
63. Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
64. Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
65. Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
66. DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
67. Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
68. Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
69. Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
70. Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
71. Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
72. Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
73. Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
74. Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
75. Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
76. Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
77. Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
78. Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
79. Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
80. Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
81. Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
82. Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
83. European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
84. Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
85. Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
86. Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
87. First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
88. Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
89. Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
90. Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
91. Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)
92. Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza
93. Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
94. Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
95. Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)
96. Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
97. To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
98. First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
99. First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
100. First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)
101. First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
102. First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
103. First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
104. World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)
105. Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
106. Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
107. Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)
108. Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)